Subject: laird 'lord'
Culture: Lowland Scottish
Setting: Stuart dynasty, Scotland 17thc
Object: pistol
* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor
"'Snaphance' Flintlock Pistol Made for Wilhelm, Duk of Kurland Steel, inlaid with gold and silver; silver; brazilwood Scottish, dated 1615
The earliest recorded Scottish pistols, those dating from 1590 to 1620, have stocks of wood rather than steel, which was used thereafter. This pistol was given by the duke of Kurland to the elector of Saxony. Its mate remains in the Historisches Museum, Dresden." ...
