Designs for Gun Parts and Ornament

An engraved print on a sheet of laid paper showing decorative gun components: a scrolled ornamental strip, an octagonal side plate, a pierced lock-like plate, and a fish-shaped stock with scrolled and foliate carving. A faint inscription in the lower left reads in Latin script beneath the designs.

Artist

François Marcou

Date

1657

Medium

Engraving on laid paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

4000 × 3063 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum