Musket
- Object Name:
- Musket
- Object ID:
- 1975.549.01
- Place of Origin:
- England?
- Date:
- 1740-1750
- Description:
- Muzzle-loading flintlock musket, smoothbore, with round barrel. Gun is fully stocked. Barrel is pin-fastened to stock. Wooden ramrod is intact. Iron furniture is browned: barrel; lockplate; flat butt plate with 2" tang; (butt plate is nailed to stock); trigger guard. Brass furniture: 4 ramrod pipes: forward 3 are tubular in shape, rear pipe has an ornamental ring incised at either end. Fixed gunsight near muzzle. Markings: lockplate: ornamental border (double line) incised around perimeter (about .25" from edge) and around fittings on lockplate. Leafy scrollwork incised on either side of cock.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal - Dimensions:
- L-61.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Found in Collection.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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