Name/Title
Musket, flintlockEntry/Object ID
VC.59.6Description
Fowling piece: smooth-bore iron or cast steel barrel, very thin, round, with ridge extending the length of barrel top, becoming octagonal gradually from a pont 36" from muzzle; full stock; keepers on underside of barrel secrured to stock by small brass pins; brass front sight; no rear sight; four brass ramrod ferrules secured by brass pins through stock; stock has high combed butt, no patchbox; butt plate brass, secured by screws, fits over heel in rounded curve; its tang plate long and well-shaped, and bearing engraving; trigger guard brass, broad beneath trigger, engraved with foliate motfi, projects down and also forward under stock, with wavy modelling; at tang of stock, silver wire inlay (pique) of cypher "N" in cartouche, and scrollwork; brass plate opposite lock well-shaped, rather deep lizenge indentation (perhaps once a maker's mark); lock, complete with flint and leather, original and and functioning; hammer flat-faced, with goose-neck, curved jaw-post, slotted jaw screw.Firearm Detail
Manufacturer
UnknownDate Made
circa 1750Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
inscriptionTranscription
See descriptionDimensions
Length
54-1/4 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 54 1/4 in. (137.8 cm)Diameter
3/4 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)Length
2-1/4 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)Length
71 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 71 in. (180.3 cm)Material
silver, Cast steel, brass, Cherry, Leather, WireCondition
Notes
Remarks: Noted during 2007 winter cleaning: ram-rod thimble detached, wood blown out around pin (lock side of fowler).Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
UnknownGeneral Notes
Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Manor, Old Parlour