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   LOT 3098
Documented Regimental Marked Virginia Manufactory Type I Flintlock Musket Dated 1803 - NSN, 69 cal., 43 3/4 inch round bbl., bright finish, walnut stock. Approximately 14,167 of these Type I muskets were manufactured at the
 AS PICTURED AND DESCRIBED IN THE BOOK AMERICAN MILITARY SHOULDER ARMS, VOL. II BY MOLLER
Provenance: The George Moller Collection.
Estimate: 4,500 - 7,000
 LOT 3099
Rare and Desirable 1803 Dated U.S. Springfield Model 1795 Type I Flintlock Musket -
        Virginia Manufactory in Richmond for the state of Virginia to arm their militia between 1802-1809, with approximately 2,032 manufactured in the year 1803. Virginia Manufactory Type I muskets are described on pages 280-284 of George
D. Moller’s book “American Military Shoulder Arms Volume II” with this exact musket photographed on pages 280, 281, and the top of the barrel photographed on page 283. A cannon stamped ahead of “74, Va REGt HANOVER” is marked on top of the barrel at the breech. The lock is marked “VIRGINIA/Manufactory” at center, “RICHMOND/1803”
marked at the tail, and has an iron flash pan. “66” is marked on various components. An intertwined “WA” is carved to the left of the trigger on the underside of the stock, and “JM” is carved in the left of the buttstock. “GDM” (George D. Moller) collection initials marked at the toe of the stock. Includes socket bayonet and Watervliet Arsenal leather sling.
CONDITION: Very good with mottled gray/brown patina, mostly clear markings in the metal, and scattered mild spotting. Stock is good with scattered cracks, scratches, chips, and absent sections on the right side of the forestock. Mechanically fine. Included bayonet is also good with mild pitting.
NSN, 69 cal., 44 3/4 inch round bbl., bright finish, walnut stock. The Type I Springfield Model 1795 muskets are particularly hard to come by. This one has an “NC” mark on the barrel suggesting use by North Carolina’s militia and is dated “1803” on the buttplate tang. The consignor indicated this musket came from Allen Kelly’s collection and referenced page 103 in the “The Northern Armoury: The United States Armoury at Springfield, Massachusetts 1795- 1859” by Daniel Hartzler and James B. Whisker. The Type I muskets were manufactured until
1806 and include variations over those years. This musket has a bayonet lug on the bottom near the muzzle, brass blade front sight on the rear of the upper band, “US” along with the “P/eagle head/V” marks and a “T” at
the breech in addition to the “NC” mark noted above, the eagle and shield motif with the eagle looking to the viewer’s right over a script “US”
at the center of the lock, “SPRINGFIELD” in a horizontal arch at the tail of the lock, removable iron flash pan, “II” assembly marks visible on the frizzen and frizzen spring screws, sling swivels on the middle barrel band and the stud that passes through the trigger guard finial, teats on the trigger guard finials, a small “U” marking just behind the trigger guard, a “WC” mark
and intertwined “US” script cartouche on the left stock flat, and an iron ramrod with trumpet head.
CONDITION: Fine with silver-gray patina on most of the metal surfaces, some darker buildup in the recesses from dust and oil, minimal light pitting, and general minor overall wear. The only detractor is that the muzzle has a later non-arsenal hole drilled through on the right side. The stock is also fine and has some small slivers and flakes absent, moderate scrapes and dings, crack at the tail of the lock, and general mild wear. Mechanically fine.
Estimate: 6,500 - 9,500
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