British Enfield Musket with Sling, Bayonet, and Scabbard

Description:

British Enfield Musket with Sling, Bayonet, and Scabbard, c. 1862, walnut stock marked on the butt BIRMINGHAM/SMALL ARMS TRADE, brass buttplate and nose
cap, and steel fittings, tail of the lockplate marked with a crown, and 1862/TOWER in front of the hammer, barrel has proofmarks and two 25 markings near the breech, no markings on the bayonet, and a leather sling, barrel lg. 39, overall lg. 55 1/4 in.

Provenance: From the collection of the late Peter F. Frazier and M. Prudence Fleck.
Estimate $600-800

Overall in good condition, stock has a few dings and some light patina on steel parts, leather sling in good condition.


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