Musket
- Object Name:
- Musket
- Object ID:
- 1975.569
- Creator:
- Baker, C.
- Place of Origin:
- Pennsylvania?
- Date:
- 1800
- Description:
- Muzzle-loading percussion cap rifle. Octagonal barrel, 39" long, .56 caliber. Butt stock extends 13" from breech towards muzzle, and ends in a brass nosecap. Barrel is pin-fastened to this portion of stock. A metal strip is welded to barrel from this point to the muzzle, to which the brass capped wooden ramrod is attached by 2 ramrod pipes. Brass furniture: nosecap (which also serves as tailpipe for ramrod), rectangular escutcheon, trigger guard, flat butt plate with 2.75" tang. No sideplate.
MARKINGS: lockplate, "C. Baker". Ornamental scrollwork incised on lockplate, trigger guard, and butt plate tang. - Material:
- Wood
Metal
Brass - Dimensions:
- L-54.525 inches
- Provenance:
- Found in Collection
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Armament, Target practice, Firearms, Rifles
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