Maker:

Ketland & Co.  Search this

Physical Description:

metal (overall material)

wood (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 8 1/2 in x 54 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 21.59 cm x 139.065 cm x 6.985 cm

Object Name:

musket

musket, flintlock

Other Terms:

musket; Firearms; Flintlock; .60 In; Smooth Bore; Muzzle Load; Sa; Trade

Place made:

United States

United Kingdom: Grand Bretagne

Description (Brief):

This .60 caliber smoothbore flintlock musket was manufactured in Pennsylvania about 1820 for trade with American Indians. The lockplate, stamped "Ketland & Co." and "UNITED STATES" was manufactured in Britain for use by U.S. military contract manufacturers.

Credit Line:

Adriana Scalamandre Bitter and Edwin Ward Bitter for the Bitter Family Collection

ID Number:

1985.0783.24

Accession number:

1985.0783

Catalog number:

1985.0783.24

Collector/donor number:

M11

See more items in:

Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, General

Military

American Enterprise

Exhibition:

American Enterprise

Exhibition Location:

National Museum of American History

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-63ba-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_438614