Old gun part? Or furniture accent piece?

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Found at a very old site, 1700’s -CW in W PA. Some design coming through, working on chipping rust off.




Any help appreciated!

 

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[smokeythecat]

It is a butt plate to a musket. I'm not any good at identifying which one, but someone here will chime in and know.

 

[Plug N Play]

Not my area ... but "Brown Bess" comes up with this style butt plate.

 

[villagenut]

butt plate for sure....note the attachment dohickey common on trigger guards.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

PArtial butt plate for sure. Not a Bess unless it was reworked and line engraved in later use.

 

[l.cutler]

Buttplate for sure, but not necessarily to a musket. Quite possibly to a fowler.

 

[troutbum]

Early PA flinlocks came with this style but plate also. Then they slimed them down. Yeager rifles had a but plate this large also. Yeager rifle is what they copied for the ealry PA rifles.

 

[troutbum]

Looking at it again, is the bottom broke off ?

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Looking at it again, is the bottom broke off ?

Yes, looks like the wide end has an old break.

 

[troutbum]

Thanks, that explains the size in your hand. It is a but plate, I recon it's brass ?. I had a early PA flintlock custom made years back, I think it's 1740 to 1760's style , it has a wide butt plate made of steel,almost like the one you have. Then by the end of the F & I wars and our revolution they slimed down and started using the more Roman nose butt stock as we know. Mine
has a more straight stock than a full Roman nose. If it's from an original , it's a great find. if it's not ,it's still a great find.

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Thanks, that explains the size in your hand. It is a but plate, I recon it's brass ?. I had a early PA flintlock custom made years back, I think it's 1740 to 1760's style , it has a wide butt plate made of steel,almost like the one you have. Then by the end of the F & I wars and our revolution they slimed down and started using the more Roman nose butt stock as we know. Mine
has a more straight stock than a full Roman nose. If it's from an original , it's a great find. if it's not ,it's still a great find.

It’s brass, but must have been up against some iron for 100+ years in the ground. I’m slowly making progress removing the iron rust that is on a portion of the piece. A simple flower engraved pattern is coming through. I’ll send a cleaned up pic when I am finished later this afternoon. Thx all!

 

[ARC]

That looks similar to a plate found at the site of British landing in Mackinaw.

 

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[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Thx Guys. I think it is a Brown Bess with a tapered butt-tang.
Enough cleaning for today, probably some more scale to come off.

 

[devldog]

Very nice find and save of the butt plate. Nice piece of History.