Basic info

Collection

Military History

Object name

Brown Bess musket

Object category

Weapon

Object subcategory

Firearm

Creators

Watkin, R. (Gunsmith)

Description

Non standard pattern of 'Brown Bess' type musket by Watkin. Brass furniture of roughly Long Land Pattern type although the barrel is 41" . No fore-end cap. Slight swell to the stock on fore-nd at lower ramrod pipe. Originally supplied with a wooden ramrod this has been replaced at some time with a steel ramrod from a Ketland musket. These Muskets were acquired following the Jacobite invasion of England in 1745. Watkin was employed by the City to initially repair existing guns, as these were of little use he sold the City a number of muskets. These were complemented by muskets by ketland donated by a local landowner who swapped them for Watkin blunderbusses. this one numbered "67" on barrel and "Y+C 18" on the butt.

Production date start

1740

Production date end

1800

Period

Georgian