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| Keywords: Turkish - Rifle - Walters 5184 - Side A.jpg Referencing the elite pastimes of hunting and writing this ceremonial jeweled rifle set includes a dagger pen case penholder with pen penknife cleaner and a spoon-all conveniently housed within the rifle butt Penknives were important elements in the calligrapher's toolset and their handles were often elaborately decorated The hardness of the reed used for pens throughout Islamic lands required a good blade to make a clean cut The small spoon was used to put black powder into the flash pan in preparation for firing the rifle The imperial monogram tughra of the Ottoman ruler Sultan Mahmud I r 1730-54 is inscribed in diamonds inside the hinged panel of the rifle butt The artist Muhammad and the rifle's owner Ahmad Khan who had possession of the rifle at some point are also named 1732-33 Early Modern rifle steel wood gold gilded silver gilded brass silver nephrite diamonds emeralds rubies or spinels ; dagger steel inlaid with gold rubies and beryls cm 24 8 139 7 7 accession number 51 84 22655 R S Pardo Constantinople date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore 1903 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1903 Translation on barrel What God wills on flintlock Work of Muhammad; its owner is Ahmad Khan tughra hidden under panel in stock is that of Sultan Mahmud I r 1730-1754 place of origin Turkey Walters Art Museum license Islamic metalwork in the Walters Art Museum Weapons in the Walters Art Museum Art from Turkey Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
