U.S. Model 1822/28 Contract Musket by Marine T. Wickham with Bayonet, Philadelphia, 1831. 42 in., .70 caliber barrel, the breech marked 'US/LS' over 'P' within a sunken cartouche, the breech plug tang marked '1831'; flat lock plate with convex tail marked 'PHILA/1831' and below the brass pan 'US/M.T.WICKHAM'; walnut stock with traces of an oval cartouche behind the side plate and 'IB' below the trigger guard; iron furniture of proper form, steel rammer with button head and threaded end; the socket bayonet with bridge over the slot, blade marked 'US/EP'. Musket overall lg. 57 5/8 in. CONDITION: Iron toned to dark brown; lock functions properly; stock has a repaired break through the lock area and scattered dings, dents, and scuffs; bayonet toned to brown. Footnotes: Provenance Collected in San Diego, California, from Stan Middleton, and may have seen service in the Mexican-American War. Note Marine T. Wickham signed a contract on January 27, 1829, to produce 8,750 stands of Model 1822/28 muskets to be delivered at a rate of 750 per year for five years at the cost of $12.25 per stand delivered to the Frankford Arsenal. Records indicate that Wickham delivered 1,200 stands in 1831 (Peter A. Schmidt, U.S. Military Flintlock Muskets and Their Bayonets, The Later Years 1816 through the Civil War, (Woonsocket, R.I.; Andrew Mowbray Publishers, 2007), pp. 157-58). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing