Musket
- Object Name:
- Musket
- Object ID:
- 1975.570
- Creator:
- Bussey, Jaazaniah F. (1817-1886)
- Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA
- Date:
- circa 1840
- Description:
- Muzzle-loading, percussion cap musket. Round barrel, 35.1" long, .75 caliber. Brass-capped wood ramrod intact. Fully stocked, pin fastened to barrel. Iron furniture is browned: barrel, lockplate, hammer. Brass furniture: trigger guard, curved butt plate with 3" tang on top, 1.1" tang on bottom in the shape of a curved trapezoid, .4" band fastening stock to barrel at muzzle, 3 tube-shaped ramrod pipes with 1 decorative ring incised at each end.
MARKINGS: Decorative ring incised at breech of barrel, 2 decorative rings incised 11.5" down barrel from breech. Barrel: "J.F. Bussey, Boston". Forward of hammer on lockplate: "London Warranted" and fern figure; behind hammer bird and ferns design. - Material:
- Wood
Metal
Iron
Brass - Dimensions:
- L-50.9 inches
- Provenance:
- J. F. Bussey was a general gunsmith, c. 1840, located at 42 Blackstone Street, Boston. Lock likely English import, or taken from another weapon.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Bussey, Jaazaniah F. (1817-1886)
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