Collection Highlights
Major Gen'l Z. Taylor Before Monterey
Date:
1848
Object Number:
PR.068.27
Medium:
Lithograph
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Luce Center
Model 1840 U.S. Flintlock Musket
Object Number:
X.148
Date:
1840-1842
Medium:
Wood, iron, steel, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 58 in. ( 147.3 cm )
Part (barrel): 42 1/8 in. (107 cm)
Marks:
stamped: lockplate center: "US" (below eagle); tail: "SPRING/FIELD/1842"
stamped: barrel tang: "1843"; buttplate tang: "US"; breech barrel: "V"; "P"; eagle head; bottom buttstock: "TS"
incised: left buttstock: "DKP"
Description:
Wood, iron, steel, and brass percussion musket; Belgian alteration to percussion system; iron furniture; trumpet-head steel ramrod; stamped marks at center and tail of lockplate, barrel tang, buttplate tang, and bottom buttstock; stamped proofs at breech end of barrel; incised letters on left side of buttstock.
Gallery Label:
The Model 1840 was the last flintlock musket produced by American national armories or private contractors. This musket was given a Belgian alteration by a private contractor, probably during the early 1850's.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
