On View
Not on viewRifles
Artist
Alvan Pratt
1790 - 1877
Date1/1851
Terms
- Rifles
- Metal
- Brass
- Pewter
- Silver
- Steel
- Walnut
- Concord (Massachusetts)
Dimensions128.27 cm (50 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Henry J. Dane; Paula and Seymour DiMare; Ralph Earle and Jane Mendillo; Pat and Farouk El-Baz; John Hickling; Reed Holden; Jonathan and Judy Keyes; Jenny Masters and Larry Curtiss; Dexter and Julia Wang; Michael and Roxanne Zak; and Chip and Margaret Ziering (2015)
Object number2015.7.6
DescriptionA half-stock rifle with octagonal barrel, blade front sight, pronghorn rear sight, adjustable peep sight; percussion ignition with double set trigger. Pewter forearm cap, brass-capped wooden ramrod, German silver mounts, including two pair of partridge. There is a silver repair to the barrel key. German silver patchbox, and a small patchbox behind the trigger guard.
