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| Keywords: Johann Michael Maucher - Pistol - Walters 51586.jpg Maucher whose initials are on the stock was a carver as well as stock maker The stock is carved in relief with motifs of a hunter with his rifle and a young woman who carries a hunting hawk on her arm a favorite form of hunting for women and a spear In the 1600s women did not hunt with spears; rather this alludes to the Roman goddess Diana who hunted with a spear and whose exploits and virtues validated hunting for its adherents The original lock a wheel-lock was later replaced with a Prague flintlock made in the 1700s 1670 steel or iron walnut with bone or antler inlay copper alloy cm 110 5 accession number 51 586 16617 Richard Zschille Grossenhain Saxony Henry Griffith Keasbey New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Sale American Art Association New York 1924 no 265 Henry Walters Baltimore 1924 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1924 place of origin Schwabisch-Gmund in present-day Germany Walters Art Museum license Weapons in the Walters Art Museum Baroque art in the Walters Art Museum Johann Michael Maucher Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
