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A REVOLUTIONARY WAR 'UNITED STATES' TWICE-SURCHARGED AMERICAN MILITARY MUSKET.
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Marlborough, Massachusetts
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A REVOLUTIONARY WAR 'UNITED STATES' TWICE-SURCHARGED AMERICAN MILITARY MUSKET. 38 3/4 in., .75 caliber unmarked round barrel without a bayonet lug; flat French-style lock; walnut stock with large 'UNITED STATES' brand on the left side of the butt and a smaller 'UNITED STATES' brand on the underside of the butt; iron French Model 1763/66-style butt plate, trigger guard and side plate, two sheet brass rammer and a sheet brass entry pipe, narrow iron nose band extending around the barrel with blade front sight, iron rammer with button head and flattened end. Overall lg. 54 in. Condition: Barrel toned to mottled brown, likely reconverted; lock toned to brown and likely reconverted; stock has a glued break between the middle and entry pipes and evidence of an infilled band spring mortice, re-attached wood loss above the lock mortice and scattered dings and dents; furniture is toned to mottled brown, action functions properly. Footnotes: Provenance Collection of Dr. Douglas Sirkin. James D. Julia Auction, March 2014, Lot 2559. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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A REVOLUTIONARY WAR 'UNITED STATES' TWICE-SURCHARGED AMERICAN MILITARY MUSKET. 38 3/4 in., .75 caliber unmarked round barrel without a bayonet lug; flat French-style lock; walnut stock with large 'UNITED STATES' brand on the left side of the butt and a smaller 'UNITED STATES' brand on the underside of the butt; iron French Model 1763/66-style butt plate, trigger guard and side plate, two sheet brass rammer and a sheet brass entry pipe, narrow iron nose band extending around the barrel with blade front sight, iron rammer with button head and flattened end. Overall lg. 54 in. Condition: Barrel toned to mottled brown, likely reconverted; lock toned to brown and likely reconverted; stock has a glued break between the middle and entry pipes and evidence of an infilled band spring mortice, re-attached wood loss above the lock mortice and scattered dings and dents; furniture is toned to mottled brown, action functions properly. Footnotes: Provenance Collection of Dr. Douglas Sirkin. James D. Julia Auction, March 2014, Lot 2559. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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Marlborough
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01752
United States
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