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1957.124

ID Number: 1957.124
Category: T&E For Science & Technology
Sub-category: armament T&E - firearm
Item Name: musket
Maker: Tower
Date: 1797
Materials: WOOD, UNKNOWN METAL, STEEL METAL, BRASS
Description: barrel 39"; .75 calibre; India pattern, brass furniture; 3 ramrod pipes; front sight, flinstlock, "1031" on stock near butt, 165 RI left side stock
crown/crossed scepters barrel proof marks
History: India pattern flint-lock musket this type of musket was officially adopted by the British governments in 1797 and was designed after a musket which had been in use by the East India Company for a number of year… A square metal sight-block was located on top of the barrel near the muzzle to which a triangular bayonet was locked…" - from the Military Arms of Canada by the Upper Canada Historical Arms Society.
Collection Name: Museum Windsor
Subject (Fre): Y

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British / Britannique subject

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