Watch List notes:

French flintlock musket, 1771, maker St. Etienne (marked), American Revolutionary War period, very rare and important, ex-Gilkerson. 7 lb 7 oz, 57" long. An untouched, fully functional and all-original piece with impressively long 40" barrel of .74 caliber, rounded lockplate and reinforced hammer with ETIENNE stamped under the rounded powder-pan, brass "Charleville" mounts on walnut stock, three spring-fastened barrel-bands and original steel ramrod, plain S-shaped sideplate and screw-fastened buttplate in brass. (Packing and shipping to be invoiced separately.) Pedigreed to the Gilkerson collection.

Estimate: $5000 - 7500