Presentation Flintlock Fowling Piece in the Eastern Fashhion

1810

Gunsmith: Jean Le Clerc (French)
Barrel smith: Fatou (French)
Paris

Status: On View, Gallery 239
Department: Applied Arts of Europe

Artist: Jean Le Clerk
Title: Presentation Flintlock Fowling Piece in the Eastern Fashhion
Place: Paris (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1810
Medium: Steel, gilding, silver, walnut, and baleen
Inscriptions: Barrel: marks of Hubert Le Clerk, Jean Le Clerk, and name Fatou
Dimensions: L. 149 cm (58 11/16 in.) Barrel L. 108 cm (42 1/2 in.) Wt. 7 lb. 9 oz. Caliber .66
Credit Line: George F. Harding Collection
Reference Number: 1982.2306
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Walter Karchieski, “Arms and Armor in the Art Institute of Chicago” (Art Institute of Chicago/Little, Brown, and Company, 1995), p. 111 (ill.)

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