18th century musket for identification

Norman McCormick · 14th July 2022, 05:25 PM

Hi,
I would contact the Dutch Army Museum. I did so with regard to this musket http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ighlight=M1815 and found them very helpful. See the last post in the thread.
Regards,
Norman.

zummy · 15th July 2022, 10:17 PM

Thank you Norm. I was able to find on line the Dutch army Museum and that Matthieu Willemsen is still listed as the fire arm curator. How were you able to communicate with him? Thanks

Norman McCormick · 17th July 2022, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by zummy

Thank you Norm. I was able to find on line the Dutch army Museum and that Matthieu Willemsen is still listed as the fire arm curator. How were you able to communicate with him? Thanks

Hi,
I just e-mailed my questions as I see you've done. Hopefully you'll get an answer soon with interesting info. Good luck.
Regards,
Norman.

zummy · 19th July 2022, 04:03 PM

I am discussing the musket with Matthieu Willemsen. He believes the musket belonged to Colonel Hendrix Ruysch who had a regiment in the Dutch army between 1748 and 1765. I sent more photos

Norman McCormick · 19th July 2022, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by zummy

I am discussing the musket with Matthieu Willemsen. He believes the musket belonged to Colonel Hendrix Ruysch who had a regiment in the Dutch army between 1748 and 1765. I sent more photos

Hi,
Interesting information already and hopefully more to come.

Regards,
Norman.

zummy · 20th July 2022, 08:45 PM

Matthieu Willemsen has confirmed that the musket would have been made between 1755 and 1765. He said Colonel Ruysch had a regiment in the Dutch army from 1748 to 1765. Ruysch would have purchased the musket from the Corbau family of gunsmiths. The letter E on the thumb plate would represent the 5th company in the regiment. He was nobility. He feels the saber was added and the the cock might be from a British Brown Bess. He will contact me will anything else that turns up. A wonderful source of knowledge

zummy · 15th July 2022, 10:37 PM

I played around and from in the upper right hand corner of the web site you can change the language to English and I wrote them with my question. Thank you very much. Hopefully they will reply

gp · 16th July 2022, 12:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Norman McCormick

Hi,
I would contact the Dutch Army Museum. I did so with regard to this musket http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ighlight=M1815 and found them very helpful. See the last post in the thread.
Regards,
Norman.

https://www.nmm.nl/en/

15th July 2022, 10:17 PM	#2
zummy Member Join Date: Jul 2022 Posts: 10	Musket Thank you Norm. I was able to find on line the Dutch army Museum and that Matthieu Willemsen is still listed as the fire arm curator. How were you able to communicate with him? Thanks

19th July 2022, 04:03 PM	#4
zummy Member Join Date: Jul 2022 Posts: 10	Musket I am discussing the musket with Matthieu Willemsen. He believes the musket belonged to Colonel Hendrix Ruysch who had a regiment in the Dutch army between 1748 and 1765. I sent more photos

20th July 2022, 08:45 PM	#6
zummy Member Join Date: Jul 2022 Posts: 10	Musket Matthieu Willemsen has confirmed that the musket would have been made between 1755 and 1765. He said Colonel Ruysch had a regiment in the Dutch army from 1748 to 1765. Ruysch would have purchased the musket from the Corbau family of gunsmiths. The letter E on the thumb plate would represent the 5th company in the regiment. He was nobility. He feels the saber was added and the the cock might be from a British Brown Bess. He will contact me will anything else that turns up. A wonderful source of knowledge Last edited by zummy; 21st July 2022 at 11:10 AM.

15th July 2022, 10:37 PM	#7
zummy Member Join Date: Jul 2022 Posts: 10	Musket I played around and from in the upper right hand corner of the web site you can change the language to English and I wrote them with my question. Thank you very much. Hopefully they will reply

14th July 2022, 05:25 PM	#1
Norman McCormick Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,618	Hi, I would contact the Dutch Army Museum. I did so with regard to this musket http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ighlight=M1815 and found them very helpful. See the last post in the thread. Regards, Norman.