Musket

Object Name:

Musket

Object ID:

1949.016.02

Place of Origin:

France or England

Date:

1755-1765

Description:

Musket, flintlock. Muzzle-loading. Octagonal-round barrel. Barrel length 45.5". Barrel is octagonal for 9.25" from breech. Gun is fully stocked. Barrel is fastened to stock with pins. Fixed front gunsight. Iron furniture is browned: barrel (with floral incising at breech end), lockplate (with decorative incising). Wooden ramrod is intact. Brass furniture: four tube-shaped ramrod pipes with ring incised at each end, trigger guard with arrowhead finial at each end, triangular sideplate, flat angled butt plate with 4.5" tang. Stock is cracked on right side, behind third ramrod pipe. All brass furniture is decorated with leafy scrollwork.

Material:

Wood
Metal

Dimensions:

H-9.5 L-60.5 D-2.5 inches

Provenance:

From catalog card: "Gun belonged to Samuel Hayden, great-grandfather of donor. It was used in the French & Indian War. This gun is located over the mantle in kitchen of Murphy rooms. It is accessioned as being attached to 1949.16.91, a powder horn, which also belonged to Samuel Hayden."

Credit Line:

Bequest of Bertha Hayden, in memory of Daniel W. Hayden

People:

Hayden, Samuel (1733-1792), Hayden, Josiah (1763-1816), Hayden, Samuel (1800-1880), Hayden, Daniel W. (1840-1920), Hayden, Bertha M. (1879-1948)

Subjects:

French and Indian War, Firearms, Muskets