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Musket - Fowler

Dateca.1700-1750

OriginAmerica and Europe

MediumIron, steel, brass, maple and ash

DimensionsOL: 56 1/2"; L(barrel): 41"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1961-131

DescriptionFowling piece: curly maple stock with sharp drop at buttstock, made without a buttplate or sideplate, but with a brass noseband; octagon to round barrel; wooden ramrod held by 2 brass thimbles, the top one decorated with stamped coat of arms; flat iron lock with an iron trigger guard. Brass band added behind the entry point of the rammer channel, perhaps to prevent splitting.
Label TextStocked in American curly maple, this musket has a drooping French styled buttstock known as a “pied a vache,” or “cow’s foot.” Other French features of the piece include the lock and barrel from a commercial musket of the sorts made for sea service or colonial use. Though not configured to mount a sling or a socket bayonet, this musket is representative of those individually-owned muskets used for hunting and militia duties.
MarkingsFront thimble stamped with a coat of arms.

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