Wheellock Pistol, French Royal Arms Collection, inv. no. 217 ca. 1625-30 Italian, probably Brescia Cuirassiers (heavy cavalry) usually were armed with a sword and two or more wheellock pistols such as this one. The associated reinforcing breastplate also in the Metropolitan Museum's collection (acc. no. 14.25.867) was intended to be worn on top of the breastplate of a cuirassier armor in order to make it bulletproof. Bulletproof reinforcing pieces were relatively heavy--this breastplate alone weighs 14 pounds 11 ounces--which is why they were made to be removable when not in use.The symbols deeply engraved on the silvered steel surface of the breastplate and on the barrel and lockplate of this pistol include a pentagram, the letter F, and a coronet encircling a pair of crossed palm branches. These are the personal emblems of the Spanish nobleman Don Gómez Suárez de Figueroa Y Córdova, duke of Feria (1587-1634), a prominent military commander in the service of King Philip III. From 1618

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Wheellock Pistol, French Royal Arms Collection, inv. no. 217 ca. 1625-30 Italian, probably Brescia Cuirassiers (heavy cavalry) usually were armed with a sword and two or more wheellock pistols such as this one. The associated reinforcing breastplate also in the Metropolitan Museum's collection (acc. no. 14.25.867) was intended to be worn on top of the breastplate of a cuirassier armor in order to make it bulletproof. Bulletproof reinforcing pieces were relatively heavy--this breastplate alone weighs 14 pounds 11 ounces--which is why they were made to be removable when not in use.The symbols deeply engraved on the silvered steel surface of the breastplate and on the barrel and lockplate of this pistol include a pentagram, the letter F, and a coronet encircling a pair of crossed palm branches. These are the personal emblems of the Spanish nobleman Don Gómez Suárez de Figueroa Y Córdova, duke of Feria (1587-1634), a prominent military commander in the service of King Philip III. From 1618

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