Collection Highlights
Santa Claus and his Works
Date:
1870
Object Number:
LIB.YC1870.Web
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Luce Center
Schuetzen rifle
Object Number:
1922.136a
Date:
1850-1865
Medium:
Wood, steel
Dimensions:
Overall: 49 in. (124.5 cm)
Part (barrel): 32 in. (81.3 cm)
Marks:
stamped: barrel: "G. SCHALK/POTTSVILLE"
Description:
Wood and steel percussion Schuetzen rifle; octagon barrel with tube front sight and disk-shaped rear sight; crescent-shaped buttplate with checkering at wrist; stamped mark at breech end of barrel.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. C.G. Schaefer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
