Product Details
S.W. HILL, USA
A .50 FLINTLOCK SPORTING-MUSKET OF PENNSYLVANIAN TYPE, no visible serial number,
circa 1810, with octagonal smoothbore 40in. barrel, dove-tailed brass fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight, plain lock with engraved stepped tail signed below the pan 'S.W. HILL, JOHNSTOWN', stripey maple full-stock with skip-chequering at the wrist (broken through below lock, working repairs at wrist and fore-end), raised cheek-piece with inlet oval brass engraved mount, large brass patchbox with pierced hinge, crescent heel-plate with faceted spur and shaped brass toe-plate, bevelled and engraved sideplate, plain trigger with spurred lower tang, brass nose-cap, faceted ramrod thimbles and possible original ramrod, worn
Provenance: Johnstown is in Cambria County, Pennsylvania and was settled in 1770.
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Estimate £300-500