About This Artwork

German, probably Nuremberg

Charging Spanner for a Wheellock Firearm, c. 1600

Brass, gilded and engraved; iron; steel; and mother-of-pearl
H. 22.2 cm (8 3/4 in.)
George F. Harding Collection, 1982.2284

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. 103 (ill.)