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Flintlock Longrifle

Samuel Baum Sr.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Flintlock longrifle with brown wooden stock, featuring intricate inlays of brass and silver. The rifle has a brass butt plate and side plate. The stock displays a decorative silver inlay near the breech. The lock is made of intricately shaped metal. A small trigger guard is present. The rifle's barrel is long and slender. The overall appearance suggests an 18th-century firearm. Flintlock Longrifle by Samuel Baum Sr.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1830–40
Medium:
Steel, wood (curly maple, ash), brass, silver, bone
Culture:
American, New Berlin, Union County, Pennsylvania
Dimensions:
599 × 337 px
Museum record:
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