18th Century Material Culture

French Military Firearms

Military
Firearms
French “Model 1728” Firelock
c. 1728
(Private Collection)
French “Model 1754” Firelock with “U.S.” Surcharge
New Lock, Trigger, and Barrel of the 1774 Pattern
(Cowan’s Auctions)
French “Model 1754” Firelock with “U.S.” Surcharge
New Lock, Trigger, and Barrel of the 1774 Pattern
(Cowan’s Auctions)
French “Model 1754” Firelock with “U.S.” Surcharge
New Lock, Trigger, and Barrel of the 1774 Pattern
(Cowan’s Auctions)
French “Model 1763” Firelock
Charleville Armory
(Cowan’s Auctions)
French “Model 1763” Firelock
Charleville Armory
(Cowan’s Auctions)
French “Model 1763” Firelock
Charleville Armory
(Cowan’s Auctions)
French “Model 1763” Firelock
Charleville Armory
(Cowan’s Auctions)
French “Model 1763” Firelock
Charleville Armory
(Cowan’s Auctions)
French “Model 1763” Firelock
Royal Maulbeuge Armory
(Cowan’s Auctions)
French “Model 1763” Firelock
Royal Maulbeuge Armory
(Cowan’s Auctions)
French “Model 1763” Firelock
Royal Maulbeuge Armory
(Cowan’s Auctions)
 French “Model 1763” Firelock
Marked by Seth Nickerson of Massachusetts
(Cowan’s Auctions)
 French “Model 1763” Firelock
Charleville Armory
(Gary Hendershott - Ex. Don Bryan)
 French “Model 1763” Firelock
Royal Manufactory at Mauberge
(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)
 French “Model 1763” Firelock
Marked for New Hampshire, 1st Battalion, No. 476
(John J. Hayes)
 French “Model 1763” Firelock
Marked for New Hampshire, 1st Battalion, No. 476
(John J. Hayes)
 French “Model 1763” Firelock
Marked by Seth Nickerson of Massachusetts
(Cowan’s Auctions)
 French “Model 1766” Firelock
Marked “U. STATES” & “ 1778”
(Brandywine State Park - Photo Courtesy Andrew Watson Kirk)
 French “Model 1768” Firelock Marked for New Hampshire
Marked “E. Cox” for Edward Cox, Journeyman Farmer Who Served with His Brother, John, in the 2nd New Hampshire Regt.
(National Rifle Association Museum)
French “Model 1771” Firelock with 1774 Modifications
Marked “UNITED STATES”
(Cowan’s Auctions)
French “Model 1771” Firelock with 1774 Modifications
Marked “UNITED STATES”
(Cowan’s Auctions)
French “Model 1771” Firelock with 1774 Modifications
Marked “UNITED STATES”
(Cowan’s Auctions)
French “Model 1771” Firelock with 1774 Modifications
Marked “UNITED STATES”
(Cowan’s Auctions)
 French “Model 1774” Firelock
Charleville Armory Marked “U. STATES”
(Cowan’s Auctions)
 French “Model 1774” Firelock
Charleville Armory Marked “U. STATES”
(Cowan’s Auctions)
 French “Model 1774” Firelock
Charleville Armory Marked “U. STATES”
(Cowan’s Auctions)
 French “Model 1774” Firelock
Charleville Armory Marked “U. STATES”
(Cowan’s Auctions)
 French “Model 1774” Firelock
Charleville Armory Marked “U. STATES”
(Cowan’s Auctions)
 French “Model 1774” Firelock
Charleville Armory Marked “U. STATES”
(Cowan’s Auctions)
 French “Model 1774” Firelock
French Proof Marks & “D” Signifying the Charleville Armory
(Cowan’s Auctions)
French “Model 1777” Firelock
Replaced Ramrod
(Cowan’s Auctions)
French “Model 1774” Firelock Marked “UNITED STATES”
Charleville Armory
(Cowan’s Auctions)
French “Model 1774” Firelock Marked “UNITED STATES”
Charleville Armory
(Cowan’s Auctions)
French “Model 1777” Firelock
Replaced Ramrod
(Cowan’s Auctions)
French “Model 1777” Firelock
Replaced Ramrod
(Cowan’s Auctions)
French “Model 1777” Firelock
Replaced Ramrod
(Cowan’s Auctions)
French Marine
Firearms
French “Model 1772” Marine Firelock
Brass Furniture & Blackened Lock
(Cowan’s Auctions)
French “Model 1772” Marine Firelock
Brass Furniture & Blackened Lock
(Cowan’s Auctions)
French Lock for a “Colonies Et Marines” Firelock
c. 1700
(Bonhams)
 Altered
French Firearms
 French “Model 1754” Firelock with American Lockplate
Attributed to the Continental Gun Manufactory in Philadelphia - U.S. Surcharge on Barrel
(Cowan’s Auctions)
 French “Model 1754” Firelock with American Lockplate
Attributed to the Continental Gun Manufactory in Philadelphia - U.S. Surcharge on Barrel
(Cowan’s Auctions)
French “Model 1766” Firelock with American Lockplate
c. 1766
(Cowan’s Auctions)
French “Model 1766” Firelock with American Lockplate
c. 1766
(Cowan’s Auctions)
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