A short balkan musket

Philip · 29th May 2021, 10:05 PM

Here is an example of a matchlock dated 1844 with a Spanish inscription on the lockplate, from a remote area in one of the Spain's former colonies in the Americas. What is notable, besides the long-obsolete mechanical design, is the shape of the buttstock, characteristic of parts of southern Europe two centuries or more earlier, totally unaffected by subsequent stylistic developments. The barrel of iron with flaring brass muzzle, cal. .62 in., overall length 41.5 in.

(Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, inv. no. 1894.133)

29th May 2021, 10:05 PM	#32
Philip Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: California Posts: 1,036	survival of matchlocks outside of Europe Here is an example of a matchlock dated 1844 with a Spanish inscription on the lockplate, from a remote area in one of the Spain's former colonies in the Americas. What is notable, besides the long-obsolete mechanical design, is the shape of the buttstock, characteristic of parts of southern Europe two centuries or more earlier, totally unaffected by subsequent stylistic developments. The barrel of iron with flaring brass muzzle, cal. .62 in., overall length 41.5 in. (Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, inv. no. 1894.133) Attached Images