The drawer allows you to look into the technical nooks and crannies of firearms with a wheel lock. The mechanism consisted of a wheel with small teeth cut into the rim and connected to a steel spring. Special keys were used to wind the wheel by tensioning the spring, which, when released by the trigger, turned the wheel. A flint placed on the wheel created the sparks necessary to ignite the black powder on the wheel.
The locks are accompanied by accessories in the form of keys for winding gun mechanisms. Some have been designed as multi-purpose tools, combining the functions of keys, pins for cleaning the gun and measuring cups for measuring the correct amount of gunpowder.
Europe, 17th c.
Iron, forging, openwork, cutting, engraving
Gift of Tadeusz Wierzejewski, 1963
Europe, 17th c.
Iron, forging, engraving
Germany, sign.: Georg Spockh, first half of the 18th c.
Iron, forging, etching, engraving
Europe, 17th c.
Iron, forging, cutting
Gift of Tadeusz Wierzejewski, 1963
Germany, ca. 1630
Iron, forging, etching
Gift of Erazm Barącz, 1922