Fowler

Dateca. 1760

Terms

Flintlock Muskets
Steel
Wood
Marlborough

Dimensions12.9 × 1.58 × 180.3 cm (5 1/16 × 5/8 × 71 in.)

Credit LineFowler, Worcester County, possibly Marlborough, Massachusetts, about 1760. Concord Museum Collection, Gift of Dr. Benjamin Ferris, Jr.; A2210.

Object numberA2210

DescriptionFowling Piece. Full stocked flintlock musket. Stored with matching wooden case. Barrel with a relief rib along the top edge tapering to a point 3" from muzzle, dovetailed for a (missing) sight 7" from the breach and with foliate chasing around breach. Drilled plug in breach. Grooved tang. Lock a replacement and mortice pieced. Incorrect cock. Brass butt plate with foliate relief modelling along top edge of stock. Brass lugger guard, lock plate, 4 brass guides for wooden ramrod. Forearm tip missing. Cherry (?) stock molded above ramrod and near barrel at breach.

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