On View
On viewFlintlock Muskets
Artist
Alvan Pratt
1790 - 1877
Date1815 - 1820
Terms
- Flintlock Muskets
- Steel
- Walnut
- Concord (Massachusetts)
- Boston
Dimensions144.67 × 17.77 × 7.61 cm (56 15/16 × 7 × 3 in.)
MarkingsLockplate with large script "US" over heraldic eagle and "SPRINGFIELD" (the mark of the Springfield armory), partially erased; dated 1812 at the back of the lockplate and marked "A. PRATT." Illegible proof marks on barrel near breech and "P."
Credit LineGift of Keith Funston; Gift of the Cummings Davis Society (1998)
Object number1998.3
DescriptionSteel, walnut. Flintlock musket with three barrel bands, sling swivels, bayonet stud on top of barrel; an 1808/1812 style military musket, with 42" barrel but springs behind barrel bands, flat face to hammer, pointed end to lock plate. "Carriage gun."
