Flintlock musket

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Title

Flintlock musket

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This musket is said to have been used in the defence of the Lower Hutt Stockade in 1846. It is a standard issue British Army flintlock musket made in about 1800. The lockplate is stamped ‘TOWER’, indicating that the musket was produced by Tower Armouries, and features the mark of King George III and a broad arrow. This type of musket was known as the ‘Brown Bess’ and was standard issue for British infantry soldiers from the early eighteenth century to the early nineteenth. As percussion rifle...

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Format

Image

Date created

circa 1800

Creator

Tower Armouries

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/50891

Related subjects

Lower Hutt (New Zealand) / wood / steel / brass / firearms / muskets / London / Newtown Museum / Edward Wade Petherick

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