Flinlock Gun from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection

American, ca. 1740-50, overall length 77.25 inches

Marking: Marked on lockplate SE beneath a crown (Manufacture Royale de Saint-Etienne) and CARRIER F (Carrier Freres, entrepreneurs at Saint-Etienne, c. 1749-54). Inside lock mechanism intact, lockplate stamped C.V.

Copy and photos from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.