Name/Title

Musket

Entry/Object ID

1913.1

Description

Smooth bore flint lock musket; odd club shaped butt; iron furniture (trigger, guard, four barrel bands); wooden three-piece ram rom; from beech plug to 22" barrel is octagonal, at which point there are two double sets of wedding bands from muzzle to 3"; back muzzle is octagonal where there is a single wedding band. Tulip shaped muzzle is typically English, as is the fact that the stock is made of beech.

Firearm Detail

Date Made

1635

Lexicon

Search Terms

PEOPLE: John Thompson, SUBJECTS: Arms & armament

Material

Wood (beech), iron