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Flintlock, English Fur Trade Musket with Hudson's Bay Company insignia and Indian brass tack design, .60 caliber.

Flintlock, English Fur Trade Musket with Hudson's Bay Company insignia and Indian brass tack design, .60 caliber. - Musket, Flintlock
Accession #: 566.3
Title: Flintlock, English Fur Trade Musket with Hudson's Bay Company insignia and Indian brass tack design, .60 caliber.
Object Type: Musket, Flintlock
Participants:
Physical Description: Flintlock, English Fur Trade Musket with Hudson's Bay Company insignia and Indian brass tack design, .60 caliber. Made 1868 by Parker Fielding & Company, London, England. The gun consists of a ferrous metal barrel, octagon-shaped at breech area and the rest is thin-walled round bore, flint-lock action and enlarged "mitten" trigger guard. Brass furniture and design including: ferrules, butt plate, lock plate, brass tack design on the stock, and a cast brass serpentine dragon on the left side.
Description: The British Hudson's Bay Company produced flintlocks, decorated with their trademark brass dragon, for trade with American Indians in exchange for furs. This gun's brass tack pattern was likely added by its Indian owner. An 1868 stamp on the lock-plate dates it to the end of the western fur trade period. Prompted by the fashion for beaver hats, the North American fur trade moved from east to west, exhausting plentiful resources. By the time this gun was made, the fashion for beaver hats was waning.
Category: History
Subjects/Topics/Concepts:
Firearms (Tools & Equipment), Hudson's Bay Company (Industry->Fur Trade)
Dimensions:
Object H x W x L 45 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 7 "
Materials/Techniques:
wood (plant material) (Material)
brass (alloy) (Material)
metal ( -> -> ) (Material)
Marks/Inscription:
On lock plate, "PARKER Fielding & Co. 1868" Two London Proof Marks left side of barrel. On the underside of the barrel stamped "#24" Underside of barrel at breech stamped "2 2 SS" with double hash-marks forming a crude V-shape and "John Clive"
Related Exhibits:
Credit Line: Loaned by B. H. Walker, Spokane, 1921. Loaned converted 1991.

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