Musket
- Object Name:
- Musket
- Object ID:
- 1975.588
- Creator:
- Rentz
- Place of Origin:
- Germany
- Date:
- 1800-1825
- Description:
- Muzzle-loading, percussion cap musket with octagonal-round barrel. Barrel length: 37"; .56 caliber. Iron ramrod intact, gun is fully stocked. Barrel fastened to stock by 3 bands and 3 retaining springs. Fixed front, elevating rear sight. Barrel is octagonal for 8" from breech. Two sling swivels: one on underside of center band, one on trigger guard bow. Iron furniture is browned: barrel, bands, lockplate, trigger guard, flat s-shaped sideplate, flat butt plate with 2.4" tang. Raised carved cheekrest on left side of buttstock.
MARKINGS: lockplate: incising in the form of a hen, "860" (rear of hammer), "860"; underside of buttstock, "Rentz" is carved; breech, "Rentz W,H,YRW" incised; butt tang, "35" incised. - Material:
- Wood
Metal
Iron - Dimensions:
- L-52.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Hen mark denotes Henneberg county, Germany.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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