'Brown Bess' socket bayonet
Object numberB744
Title'Brown Bess' socket bayonet
Descriptionsocket bayonet with spear-like triangular fluted blade, designed for the British Short Land Pattern musket, known as the 'Brown Bess' Tip broken off and the bayonet is very rusty
Production date circa 1777
Production period18th century
Object namebayonet, socket
Materialsteel
Dimensions
- blade length: 37.0 cm