Hunting weapons are an excellent introduction to all aspects of gunsmithing and firearms inventions, whether for hunting, sporting competitions, war or civilian use, where the elements invented for firearms have been used for entirely peaceful purposes.
Germany, Mannheim, sign.: Christian or Peter Cloeter, 1676
Iron, forging, engraving, etching
From the former armoury of Piotr Moszyński in Krakow
Germany, Thuringia, ca. 1660
Iron, wood, horn, forging, engraving, chiselling, inlay
From the former armoury of Piotr Moszyński in Krakow
Germany, Augsburg, sign.: August Wetschgi, between 1700-1725
Brass, steel, wood, forging, engraving, chiselling, embossing
From the former armoury of Piotr Moszyński in Krakow
Germany, between 1605-1615
Iron, wood, bone, brass, inlay, cutting, glueing, engraving, grooving, grinding
From the former armoury of Piotr Moszyński in Krakow
Saxony, Dresden, sign.: H. Bahr, ca. 1620
Iron, gold, bronze, brass, wood, bone, forging, gilding, casting, engraving, inlay
From the former armoury of Piotr Moszyński in Krakow
Austria, Vienna, sign.: Josef Contriner, ca. 1815
Iron, brass, gold, wood, leather, forging, soldering and riveting technique, riveting, bluing, punching, engraving, inlay, carving, gilding
From the former armoury of Piotr Moszyński in Krakow
France, Paris, manufaktura Jean Le Page’a, early 19th c.,
Iron, wood, gold, horn, forging, bluing, gilding, engraving, chiselling, carving
From the former armoury of Piotr Moszyński in Krakow
France, Paris, sign. Jean Le Page, ca. 1818 and 1785 (barrel)
Pattern welding, iron, wood, gold, forging, engraving, chiselling, inlay, gilding, carving
From the former armoury of Piotr Moszyński in Krakow
Germany, Dresden (stock), Nuremberg (barrel and lock), sign.: Lorenz Drechsler II, 1558-1586 (stock), ca. 1590 (barrel and lock)
Iron, wood, brass, bone, mother of pearl, forging, gilding, openwork, inlay, engraving
From the former armoury of Piotr Moszyński in Krakow
France, Saint-Étienne, Marseille, sign.: ‘Vigniat à Marseille’, second half of the 18th c.
Iron, wood, gold, silver, paint, forging, casting, engraving, chiselling, gilding, inlay, punching, painting
Gift of Feliks ‘Manggha’ Jasieński, 1921
Germany, Meiningen, sign.: Hans Menzer (gunsmith), HGH Monogrammer (stock maker), ca. 1625
Iron, brass, wood, bone (white and tinted green), mother of pearl, engraving, gilding, chiselling, inlay
From the former armoury of Piotr Moszyński in Krakow
Italy, Neapol, Real Fabbrica d’Armi, workshop of Michele Battista, between 1770-1778
Iron, wood, silver, gold, inlay, forging, gilding, bluing, chiselling, punching
Europe, half of the 18th c.
Horn, copper, iron, gold, repoussé, openwork, chiselling, punching, gilding
Gift of Władysław Józef Fedorowicz, 1922
Europe, 1700-1750
Horn, gold, brass, silver, bronze, gilding, casting, appliqué, inlay, chiselling, openwork, repoussé, punching, polishing
Deposit of the Academy of Learning, 1896
France (?), early 19th c.
Brass, horn, gold, casting, engraving, cutting, chiselling, polishing, gilding
Transferred from the Adrian Baraniecki Technical and Industrial Museum in Krakow, 1950
France, early 19th c.
Horn, bronze, gold, repoussé, openwork, engraving, chiselling, gilding, polishing
Deposit of the Academy of Learning, 1896
Germany, Regensburg, sign.: Johan Adam I Kuchenreuter, about half of the 19th c.
Iron, wood, pattern welding, silver, gold, brass, wood, horn, bone, leather, paper, forging, carving, inlay, engraving, chiselling, gilding, openwork, embossing
Germany, Regensburg, sign.: Johann Andreas I Kuchenreuter, second half of the 18th c. and first quater of the 19th c. (conversion into a percussion lock)
Iron, wood, tortoiseshell, forging, engraving
Gift of Franciszek Biesiadecki, 1937
England, London, sign.: Edward Michael Reilly, after 1855
Steel, iron, wood, brass, linen, forging, casting, punching
Gift of Jan Wentzel, 1904
Czech, Marienbad, sign.: Joh. Schenck, ca. 1880
Steel, wood, wood, gold, silver (?), horn, velvet, mother of pearl, brass, lead, linen, forging, bluing, engraving, glueing, silvering, inlay
France, Paris, workshop of Jean Le Page, 1819
Iron, gold, wood, ebony, horn, brass, leather, forging, bluing, inlay, carving, sewing