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Summary
Wheel-lock gun of Sigismund III Vasa.
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Wheel-lock gun of Sigismund III Vasa. label QS:Lfr,"Le pistolet à rouet de Sigismond III Vasa."
label QS:Len,"Wheel-lock gun of Sigismund III Vasa."
label QS:Lpl,"Strzelba Zygmunta III Wazy."
label QS:Lde,"Radschlossbüchse Sigismunds III. Wasa." |
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| Date | circa 1605-1610 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | ivory and wood, steel and brass | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q95569 |
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| Accession number |
D 68 |
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| Object history |
1600s date QS:P,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/8 : commissioned by, "Sigismund III Vasa," Warsaw |
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| Inscriptions | HL.F | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Adorned with a scene of a fight between Polish cavalryman. And a Swedish pistol shooter, "an allusion to Sigismund III's war against his uncle," Charles IX of Sweden (1601-1611). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | Own work | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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