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Miquelet Rifle

Miquelet Rifle. Culture: Turkish. Dimensions: L. 60 3/4 in. (154.31 cm); L. barrel 47 in. (119.4 cm); Cal. .48 in. (12.0 mm); Wt. 10 lb. 12 oz. (4862 g). Date: late 18th century. The miquelet is an early and sturdy form of flintlock popular throughout the Ottoman Empire from the seventeenth into the early twentieth century. Several elaborately decorated guns very similar to this example are still preserved in Istanbul, possibly made for the Ottoman Imperial guard.
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Title: Miquelet Rifle
Caption: Miquelet Rifle. Culture: Turkish. Dimensions: L. 60 3/4 in. (154.31 cm); L. barrel 47 in. (119.4 cm); Cal. .48 in. (12.0 mm); Wt. 10 lb. 12 oz. (4862 g). Date: late 18th century. The miquelet is an early and sturdy form of flintlock popular throughout the Ottoman Empire from the seventeenth into the early twentieth century. Several elaborately decorated guns very similar to this example are still preserved in Istanbul, possibly made for the Ottoman Imperial guard.
Technique/material: Steel, wood, ivory, copper alloys, mother-of-pearl, gold, silver, glass paste
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit: Album
Releases: ? Model Release: No - ? Property Release: No
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Image size: 4800 × 1866 px | 25.6 MB
Print size: 40.6 × 15.8 cm | 1889.8 × 734.6 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: ANATOMY: BONES • ARMS AND ARMOR • ARMS • ARTILLERY • ASIA • BONE • COPPER ALLOY • COPPER • COPPERWORK • FIREARMS • FIREARMS-GUNS-MIQUELET • GLASS PASTE • GLASS • GOLD • IRON ALLOY • IRON AND IRON ALLOY • IRON AND STEEL • IRON_AND_STEEL • IVORY • JEWELRY: PEARLS • METAL • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • PEARL • PEARLS • RIFLES • SILVER • STEEL INDUSTRY • STEEL • STEEL, WOOD, IVORY, COPPER ALLOYS, MOTHER-OF-PEARL, GOLD, SILVER, GLASS PASTE • TURKEY