Musket
- Object Name:
- Musket
- Object ID:
- 1975.560
- Creator:
- Lane & Read
Gunsmith - Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA
- Date:
- 1826-1836
- Description:
- Smoothbore, muzzle-loading percussion cap musket. Round barrel, 44.5" long, .68 caliber. Gun is half-stocked, barrel is fastened to stock by 1 key. Wooden ramrod with iron cap is intact. Fixed front sight. Iron furniture is browned: barrel, lockplate, forward two ramrod pipes (tubular in shape). Brass furniture: trigger guard, trigger guard bow, flat butt plate with 3" tang, rear ramrod pipe with triangular tail. MARKINGS: lockplate, "Lane and Read, Boston". Decorative scrollwork incised. Similar decorative scrollwork found on trigger guard, trigger guard bow, butt tang, hammer, and breech end of barrel.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Iron
Brass - Dimensions:
- L-59.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Model 1816 Lane and Read musket produced for MA militia. This piece was likely a hunting rifle (more likely doubled as such).
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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