COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
CMA_.1916.1782
AMICA Library Year:
1998
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Nationality:
European; Eastern European; Polish
Creator Name-CRT:
Poland, Silesia, c. 1630-1650
Title:
Wheel-Lock Hunting Rifle (Tschinke)
Title Type:
Primary
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
c. 1630-1660
Creation Start Date:
1630
Creation End Date:
1660
Materials and Techniques:
steel, traces of gilding; walnut stock, inlaid with bone, staghorn, mother-of-pearl
Classification Term:
Armor
Classification Term:
Arms
Classification Term:
Arms
Creation Place:
Poland, Silesia
Dimensions:
Overall: , Butt: 9.6cm, Barrel: , Bore: 1.3cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number:
1916.1782
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
Context:
This type of small-caliber fowling piece owes its name to the town of Teschen in Silesia (now southern Poland), where, as early as 1580, the name of the town was already associated with a particular type of gun. The precise date of the invention of the Tschinke is unknown, though a dated example of 1610 survives in the Imperial Armouries in Vienna. The stocks of many Tschinke, like this example, were elaborately inlaid.
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1916.1782.tif
