Linstock公司 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	Linstock公司
品名（英）	Linstock
入馆年号	1914年，14.25.252
策展部门	武器和盔甲（Arms and Armor）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1555 - 公元 1605
创作地区	原产国: 意大利（Country of Origin: Italy）
分类	带柄武器（Shafted Weapons）
尺寸	长 94 7/8 英寸 (240.9 厘米); 长 of head 13 1/4 英寸 (33.6 厘米); 宽 6 3/8 英寸 (16.2 厘米); 重 3 磅. 13 盎司 (1730 g)
介绍（中）	这种武器的复杂头部包括以下元素（从上到下）：一个短的三角形刀片，侧面凸起，沿中心刺有两个狭缝;圆形奖章，中心以低浮雕凿刻，上面有一个穿着罗马盔甲的战士的形象，并由穿孔的叶子卷轴框住;两个S形臂末端是程式化的龙头，其卷曲的舌头用作火柴架;还有一个带有两条带子的圆形插座，顶部装有六个半圆形镶爪，每个插脚在中心都有一个面。除刀片尖端外，铁表面在打孔背景和镀金上凿刻;刀片和插座上的装饰包括风格化的树叶和奖章中的战士。与宫殿保镖武装的装饰性戟、长矛和游击队不同，林枪托克严格来说是一种军事武器。它的两只手臂或叉子固定着用于点燃大炮的阴燃火柴，而短刀片也允许在必要时将其用作武器。像这样的精心制作的林枪托也作为炮手和炮兵军官的军衔徽章。这件作品的打孔和凿刻装饰让人想起十六世纪末和七十年代初意大利盔甲上的类似装饰。巴黎军队博物馆里有两根类似的林枪，就像这个例子一样，它们的火柴架形状恰如其分地塑造成火焰龙。
介绍（英）	The complex head of this weapon comprises the following elements (from top to bottom): a short triangular blade with convex sides, pierced along the center with two slits; a circular medallion, chiseled in low relief at the center with a figure of a warrior in Roman armor, and framed by pierced foliate scrolls; two S-shaped arms terminating in stylized dragonheads whose curled tongues serve as match holders; and a circular socket with two straps, fit at the top with six semicircular prongs, each chiseled with a face in the center. The iron surfaces, except for the tip of the blade, are chiseled on a punched background and gilt; the ornament on the blade and socket includes stylized foliage and warriors within medallions. Unlike the decorative halberds, glaives, and partisans with which palace bodyguards were armed, the linstock was strictly a military weapon. Its two arms, or prongs, held the smoldering matches used for igniting cannon, while the short blade also allowed it to be used as a weapon if necessary. Elaborate linstocks such as this one also served as a badge of rank for master gunners and artillery officers. The punched and chiseled decoration of this piece recalls comparable decoration found on late sixteenth- and early seventeeth-century Italian armors. Two similar linstocks are in the Musée de l'Armée, Paris, and, like this example, have their match holders appropriately shaped as fire-breating dragons.