Collection Highlights
N Amsterdam, ou N Iork in Ameriq
Date:
ca. 1700
Object Number:
PR.020.FF.13
Medium:
Colored engraving
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Museum Collections
Flint lock musket, officer's presentation fitted for bayonet: inscribed?
Object Number:
1953.145
Date:
1828-1830
Medium:
Wood, iron, brass, silver
Dimensions:
barrel length: 37 7/8 in. ( 96.2 cm )
Overall: 54 in. ( 137.2 cm )
Marks:
stamped: barrel: "LONDON"; lockplate: "A.W. SPIES/WARRANTED"
engraved: silver plate: "Awarded by 8th Company National Guards/to Charles Rogers for excelling at Target/Fireing at Flushing July 17th 1828"
Description:
Wood, iron, brass, and silver flintlock rifle; part round, part octagon barrel with front sight; brass furniture; button-head iron ramrod; scrolled silver sideplate and inlaid silver oval decorated with running stag on left side of buttstock; engraved eagle and star on barrel and engraved birds and floral designs on lockplate and cock; foliate-engraved silver oval plate on right side of buttstock with eagle perched on top; checkering at wrist and forestock; stamped marks on barrel and lockplate.
Credit Line:
Gift of the 7th Regiment, National Guard New York
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
