Dutch target arquebuse dated 1630

Marcus den toom · 22nd June 2024, 10:20 AM

Target gun or target rudder. The tinder snap lock has a rectangular lock plate with a cock on which a tube for the tinder is brazed. The barrel consists of a quadrangular part that after a ring, stamped twice with a mark in the shape of a key under a crown or finial, via a round and a second ring, ends in a cup-shaped trumpet showing the remains of a sight grain; equipped with a visor with viewing hole stamped with an incomplete year. The stock has an octagonal grip and a massive supporting bobbin under the lock, the sides of which are carved in relief with panels based on the architectural style decoration of late 16th century book covers; the front and back of the support bobbin are almost three-dimensionally cut and pierced with, among other things, a half-seated faun with a bagpipe and a large lion's head; instead of a thumb plate, the stock behind the barrel is cut with a cobblestone. The iron fittings consist of a drawer cover and band made of iron sheet, a trigger guard shaped to the fingers, and a butt plate with a spur across the entire grip; the steel ramrod dates back to the eighteenth century at the earliest.

length 165.6 cm
length barrel 127.3 cm
diameter 13.3 mm
weight 7.8 kg
Purchased from the H.L. Visser Collection, with the support of the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the Ministerie van OCenW, the Ministerie van Defensie, the VSBfonds, the BankGiro Lottery and the Rijksmuseum Fonds

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/NG-2002-23-11

22nd June 2024, 10:20 AM	#16
Marcus den toom Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Netherlands Posts: 535	Rijksmuseum target gun with tinder snaplock Target gun or target rudder. The tinder snap lock has a rectangular lock plate with a cock on which a tube for the tinder is brazed. The barrel consists of a quadrangular part that after a ring, stamped twice with a mark in the shape of a key under a crown or finial, via a round and a second ring, ends in a cup-shaped trumpet showing the remains of a sight grain; equipped with a visor with viewing hole stamped with an incomplete year. The stock has an octagonal grip and a massive supporting bobbin under the lock, the sides of which are carved in relief with panels based on the architectural style decoration of late 16th century book covers; the front and back of the support bobbin are almost three-dimensionally cut and pierced with, among other things, a half-seated faun with a bagpipe and a large lion's head; instead of a thumb plate, the stock behind the barrel is cut with a cobblestone. The iron fittings consist of a drawer cover and band made of iron sheet, a trigger guard shaped to the fingers, and a butt plate with a spur across the entire grip; the steel ramrod dates back to the eighteenth century at the earliest. length 165.6 cm length barrel 127.3 cm diameter 13.3 mm weight 7.8 kg Purchased from the H.L. Visser Collection, with the support of the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the Ministerie van OCenW, the Ministerie van Defensie, the VSBfonds, the BankGiro Lottery and the Rijksmuseum Fonds https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/NG-2002-23-11 Attached Images