Object Number: W366

Collection: Militaria

Object Name: firearm

Description: British flintlock military India Pattern musket of private manufacture. Round iron barrel, the breech stamped with proof marks of the London Gunmakers Company. 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 and a 'swell' to the forestock near the rear ramrod pipe. Brass furniture consisting butt plate (engraved with the number 3), trigger guard with rear sling swivel, 3 ramrod pipes, nose-cap and sideplate. Fore-stock with iron sling swivel. India Pattern flintlock with rounded plate and ring-necked cock. The plate with border line engraving, stamped 'Fisher, Warranted.' Secured to the stock by 2 sidenails.