Rifle
- Object Name:
- Rifle
- Object ID:
- 1951.018.03
- Creator:
- Flobert
Gunsmith - Place of Origin:
- Belgium
- Date:
- 1856-1893
- Description:
- Flobert breech-loading, center fire rifle. Octagonal barrel, 22.1" long, .22 caliber. Half-stocked, fixed front and rear gunsights. All iron furniture is blued: barrel, hinged breech block, hammer, trigger guard. Small brass buffalo inset on left stock butt, with incised ornamental border. Butt plate is black painted wood. Cross-hatching, squirrel, and tree within oval, and shield emblem carved into butt plate. Cross-hatching on both sides of forestock, and wrist of stock. Downward projection of wrist where it joins butt of stock. MARKINGS: breech of barrel, "ELG" within an oval, proof mark for Liege, Belgium, dating from 1856 to July 9, 1893. After this date, a crown was added.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal - Dimensions:
- L-37.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a collection of firearms and objects owned by three generations of the Bailey family of Lisbon, NH. Donated to the Society by William E. Bailey (1878-1957), Lisbon, NH, September 20, 1951.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of William E. Bailey
- Subjects:
- Armament, Hunting, Target practice, Firearms, Rifles
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