About This Artwork

German, Augsburg

Walking Staff with Sword, Wheel-Lock Pistol, and War Hammer, 1590/1600

Steel with gilding, iron, copper, brass with gilding, wood, ivory
L. 97 cm (38 3/16 in.)
Blade L. 85 cm (33 1/2 in.)
Wt. of sword: 2 lb. 6 oz.
Wt. with scabbard: 3 lb. 3 oz.
Inscription In blade groove: I M O N I N O L
George F. Harding Collection, 1982.2110a-b

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

Walter Karchieski, "Arms and Armor in the Art Institute of Chicago" (Art Institute of Chicago/Little, Brown, and Company, 1995), p. 104-05 (ill.)