Object Number: W2058

Collection: Militaria

Object Name: firearm

Description: Flintlock military musket, Birmingham made copy of the India Pattern musket. Round iron barrel, the breech stamped with the Birmingham post 1813 proof mark. Muzzle with bayonet stud. Secured to the stock by 3 barrel pins. Iron ramrod. Walnut three-quarter stock with hand-rail form butt and raised carved apron around the barrel tang. Left side of stock stamped with the initials under a star motif (indistinct). Brass furniture consisting butt plate, trigger guard with rear sling swivel, 3 ramrod pipes, nose-cap and sideplate. Fore-stock with iron sling swivel. Original whitened leather sling. Military style flintlock with flat plate and ring-necked cock, engraved Warranted. Secured to the stock by 2 sidenails. Steel socket bayonet with triangular form blade 43 cm in length and stamped with Ordnance marks and the name Osborn