Musket
- Object Name:
- Musket
- Object ID:
- 1975.540
- Creator:
- Brazier
- Place of Origin:
- United States
- Date:
- 1810-1820
- Description:
- Muzzle-loading flintlock with round barrel (41.75" long, .625 caliber) that is pin-fastened to stock. Stock extends 12.75" down the barrel, at which point a square-shaped metal rod extends to the muzzle in place of the stock. Wooden ramrod is intact. All iron furniture is browned: barrel, lockplate, metal support for barrel, two ramrod pipes (with ornamental rings filed on ends and at center). brass furniture includes: nosecap for stock, curved butt plate with 2.4" tang, trigger guard with elevated handgrip at rear. Raised carvings around fittings, also found on left side of stock. Gunsight located 1.5" from muzzle. No sideplate.
Markings: Proof marks on left side of barrel; lockplate: forward of cock: "BRAZIER" is incised; rear of cock: decorative scrollwork is incised. Ornamental border incised around perimeter of lockplate. - Material:
- Wood
Metal - Dimensions:
- L-57 inches
- Provenance:
- Found in Collection. Probably a sporting gun. It was probably not at all intended for military use. Many characteristics of this gun are quite similar to those of the Kentucky rifle, which would lead one to believe that construction of this weapon was strongly influenced by the Kentucky model.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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