On View
On viewRifles
Artist
Alvan Pratt
1790 - 1877
Date1861
Terms
- Rifles
- Silver
- Walnut
- Concord (Massachusetts)
Dimensions13.97 × 121.92 × 5.08 cm (5 1/2 × 48 × 2 in.)
Markings"SHELDON" on lock plate; "C. STEEL." "A.PRATT/CONCORD/MSS" on barrel
Credit LineGift of the Cummings Davis Society (2012)
Object number2012.16
DescriptionPercussion rifle. Walnut with steel barrel. Diamond crosshatch carving on the stock. Silver butt plate, patch box, and lock plate all with foliate engraving. Lock plate has dog motif engraving.