Circa 1840s flintlock musket manufactured by A. W. Spies of New York, with a 40″ smoothbore barrel with a handsome dark patina. The flintlock mechanism is marked "A. W. Spies" and decorated with hand-engraved embellishments. The brass trigger guard has likewise been decoratively engraved, and bears a later hand-painted inventory number ("2805"). Complete with its iron-capped ramrod. The stock was broken at one point and repaired.
