The lock plate on this light musket or fusil is signed "Ketland/& Co" in flowing script for Ketland & Co. of Birmingham, England, in the late 1700s to early 1800s. The smoothbore barrel has a bayonet stud/block front sight 2.2 inches from the muzzle and faint Ordnance private proofs towards the breech and is fitted with a hooked breech that locks into the dished standing breech. The brass mounts are similar to the larger Brown Bess muskets then in use. "D/3" is inscribed on the heel. The walnut stock has "Y+C/143" on the left with the "3" over-stamping a "2". Other Ketland & Co. fusils are known with similar markings said to indicate use by yeoman/volunteer unit during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and subsequently ownership by York City and later sold during WWII.

Good overall with gray and brown patina on the lock and barrel, oxidation/pitting, aged patina on the brass mounts, poor fitting replacement entry pipe, some cracks and repairs in the stock, attractive flame figure visible on the butt, and moderate overall wear. Mechanically fine.