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 c.1830-40 Brown Bess from Irish Militia or Country House

OA 524mm Bl 410mm Sl 102mm Mrd 23.5mm Sm 50mm Bw 27mm

  

The of socket on the rim and the side of the socket are marked with the weapon number '12',  this matches the weapon number on the brass butt plate of the musket.

'S.Hill' maker on flat of blade.  Stephen Hill (1),  a Birmingham maker noted between 1830-1849.

Follow this link to see the associated scabbard and frog.

1) British & Commonwealth bayonets by Ian D Skennerton and Robert Richardson,  page 397, 

 ISBN 0 949749 04 4

 

 
This is an interesting bess bayonet as it represents perhaps the last use of the classic bess bayonet in an unaltered form.  It belongs to a stand of arms probably from a Country House in Ireland,  and was found with its Percussion Musket (stocked to take the 4" bayonet,  but was also provided with a Hanoverian spring catch).  The musket was made by 'KAVANAGH DUBLIN' and dates between the mid to late 1830's.