Musket

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

Getty AAT

Concept

muskets

Search Terms

PEOPLE: John Thompson, SUBJECTS: Arms & armament

Material

Wood (beech), iron