Flintlock Rifle with Case and Bullet Mould Made for Colonel Jacob Bates (1746–1836)

Gunsmith Silas Allen Jr. American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 372

Silas Allen produced a large number of muskets for the state militia in addition to custom-made hunting and target rifles for private customers. This rifle is possibly his finest work and ranks among the best New England rifles of the early nineteenth century. Its original owner, Jacob Bates, was a distinguished veteran of the American Revolution. The rifle was acquired for the Metropolitan Museum in 1938 directly from his great granddaughter Ethel C. Morse.

Flintlock Rifle with Case and Bullet Mould Made for Colonel Jacob Bates (1746–1836), Silas Allen Jr. (American, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, 1785–1868), Steel, silver, brass, wood, silver wire, American, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts

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Flintlock Rifle with Case and Bullet Mould Made for Colonel Jacob Bates (1746–1836), Silas Allen Jr. (American, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, 1785–1868), Steel, silver, brass, wood, silver wire, American, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
Flintlock Rifle with Case and Bullet Mould Made for Colonel Jacob Bates (1746–1836), Silas Allen Jr. (American, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, 1785–1868), Steel, silver, brass, wood, silver wire, American, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
Flintlock Rifle with Case and Bullet Mould Made for Colonel Jacob Bates (1746–1836), Silas Allen Jr. (American, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, 1785–1868), Steel, silver, brass, wood, silver wire, American, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
Flintlock Rifle with Case and Bullet Mould Made for Colonel Jacob Bates (1746–1836), Silas Allen Jr. (American, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, 1785–1868), Steel, silver, brass, wood, silver wire, American, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
Flintlock Rifle with Case and Bullet Mould Made for Colonel Jacob Bates (1746–1836), Silas Allen Jr. (American, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, 1785–1868), Steel, silver, brass, wood, silver wire, American, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
Flintlock Rifle with Case and Bullet Mould Made for Colonel Jacob Bates (1746–1836), Silas Allen Jr. (American, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, 1785–1868), Steel, silver, brass, wood, silver wire, American, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
Flintlock Rifle with Case and Bullet Mould Made for Colonel Jacob Bates (1746–1836), Silas Allen Jr. (American, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, 1785–1868), Steel, silver, brass, wood, silver wire, American, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
Flintlock Rifle with Case and Bullet Mould Made for Colonel Jacob Bates (1746–1836), Silas Allen Jr. (American, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, 1785–1868), Steel, silver, brass, wood, silver wire, American, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts

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