British Pattern 1769 Short Land Musket with New York Guard Markings

Description:

British Pattern 1769 Short Land Musket with New York Guard Markings, c. 1770s, .80 caliber, walnut stock with repairs made to the forend with copper rivets, brass fittings, brass side plate engraved with the initials "J.S.M.," the lock has been scrubbed of British markings, barrel has proof marks and "N-Y-G" engraved on the top of the barrel, with an iron ramrod, barrel lg. 41 7/8, overall lg. 57 3/4 in.

Provenance: The Bill Ahearn collection.

Literature: Illustrated and described in Bill Ahearn, Muskets of the Revolution and French & Indian Wars (Lincoln, RI: Andrew Mowbray Publishers, 2005),p. 58.

Exhibitions: Come All you Gallant Heroes, Fraunces Tavern Museum, New York, 1992; The Thomas Clarke House, Princeton Battlefield.
Estimate $2,000-4,000

Stock has some dings and nicks as well as the repair to the forestock with copper rivets, and the lock functions properly.


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