Musket
- Object Name:
- Musket
- Object ID:
- 1951.018.06
- Creator:
- Prussian Armory
- Place of Origin:
- Niesse, Silesia, Prussia
- Date:
- 1826
- Description:
- Muzzle-loading percussion cap musket. Barrel length: 41 1/4", .63 caliber. Fully stocked, barrel fastened to stock by 3 bands and 3 springs. Iron ramrod intact, fixed front and rear sight. Two sling swivels. Iron furniture is browned: barrel, lockplate. Bras furniture is browned: trigger guard, 3 barrel bands, flat S-shaped sideplate, flat butt plate with square, 1 3/8" tang. CONDITION: rear sling swivel is missing. MARKINGS: lockplate, "Neifse, 1826", in script; butt plate, bottom, "1826"; butt plate, tang, "317, 11, L.W.R., 11.C:"; breech of barrel: "517, 1826".
- Material:
- Wood
Metal - Dimensions:
- L-56.25 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
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