On View
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Artist
Alvan Pratt
1790 - 1877
Date1850-1870
Terms
- Fowlers
- Metal
- Brass
- Iron
- Silver
- Steel
- Horn
- Walnut
- Concord (Massachusetts)
Dimensions142.24 cm (56 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 number2015.7.8
DescriptionHalf-stock fowler with percussion ignition, round barrel with bead front sight. Butt plate, trigger guard, ramrod pipes and barrel key plates are all iron. Horn forearm cap; brass-tipped wooden ramrod with worm. Small octagonal silver escutcheon plate, and a small rectangular silver plate below forearm.
