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Flint Lock Rifle or Musket

Collection Type

  • Armament

Date

1900-1933

GUSN

GUSN-12253

Description

Plain wood stock with a metal butt, single hammer set on the side, single barrel. Probably a militia musket.

Details

Descriptive Terms

rifles (long guns)
muskets
metal
wood (plant material)
armed forces
Unidentified Metal
Military
RIFLE/MUSKET

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1540

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