Some of Peter Peck's other works
1. A double-barreled wheellock pistol, ca. 1540-45, made for the Emperor Charles V, Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.
2. Another double-barreled wheellock pistol, ca. 1535-40, also made for the Emperor Charles V, in the Real Armerķa Madrid, and a close-up of the barrel marks and the inside of the lock mechanism. Madrid.
Before ca. 1570, Peter Peck, who reached a great age, usually struck his mark twice.
3. A wheellock pistol, ca. 1540-45, also made for Charles V, Madrid.
4. A pair of early wheellock pistols, for Charles V, ca. 1535, Peck's mark struck only once. Madrid.
5. An extremely fine and important wheellock breechloading arquebus, ca. 1540-45, Historisches Museum Dresden.
Last edited by Matchlock; 25th February 2014 at 08:03 PM.
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