Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
Date:
ca. 1866
Object Number:
1921.20
Medium:
Steel
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Sharps New Model 1859 Rifle
Object Number:
1948.432
Date:
1859-1863
Medium:
Wood, iron, steel, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 47 1/8 in. ( 119.7 cm )
Part (barrel): 30 in. (76.2 cm)
Marks:
stamped: left receiver: "C. SHARPS PAT./SEPT. 12TH 1848"
stamped: lockplate: "C. SHARPS PAT./OCT. 5 1852"; and: "R.S. LAWRENCE PAT./APRIL 12TH 1859"
stamped: barrel tang: "42000" (this serial number is within the serial range of the Model 1859's issued
Description:
Wood, iron, steel, and brass percussion rifle; iron furniture and patchbox; saber bayonet lug at bottom of barrel near muzzle and socket lug with bladed brass sight at top; stamped marks on receiver, lockplate, rear sight, trigger guard, barrel tang, and tang of buttplate; stamped cartouches on left side of stock.
Credit Line:
Gift of Walter F. Davis
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
