Flintlock Musket Escutcheon Plate

Pat_Tucker · Nov 20, 2012

This flintlock musket escutcheon plate has a Crown (British?) above or over the letters "GR". Can anyone tell me more information about the country of manufacture, name of the manufacturer, and precise dating of muskets with this type of markings?

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Muddyhandz · Nov 23, 2012

Very freaky!!!!
Someone on another forum (Cnd) posted one in the whatsit section and I drooled while ID'ing it as it was in great condition and now this one on e-bay.
So far that's three coming out of Canada that I know of and mine is in the worst condition!
Oh well, still happy to have found one. At least mine is unique with that alteration and plow scuff on the face.
According to the fellow on e-bay, there was only 50 issued. I better look into that claim!

Pat_Tucker · Nov 24, 2012

Dave,
Thanks for the info and a look at the native escutcheon plate. I would love to see the article you mentioned from the fur trade museum. The Crown GR escutcheon plate that I have a photo of comes from the private collection of an individual in Monroe, Michigan, who surface collected the house and blacksmith shop of a French-Canadian named Francois Deloeuil that was bulldozed for a housing development back in 1988. The site was salvage excavated by the Monroe County Historical Museum working with the owner and developer of the housing project. There are a great many musket/rifle/pistol parts like dragon (serpentine) sideplates, sideplate with a running dog chasing prey, lockplates, frizzens, cocks, ramrods, etc. Deloeuil (ca. 1760-1840+) worked for the British Indian Department in Canada during the Revolutionary War at Sandusky (a Wyandot Town) and at Shawnee Town (now Wapakonetta, Ohio).

If I get no takers on the Wilson article, I will go to the University of Toledo, register as a guest library patron, and order the article through interlibrary loan.

Pat