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- Sale 1293
Live
| Cincinnati
Oct 24 | 10:00 AM EDT
Live
| Cincinnati
Sale 1293
| Cincinnati
| Cincinnati
Estimate$3,000 – $5,000
.40 caliber. 32" octagonal barrel length. SN: NSN. Bare metal finish. Full length highly figured Bastogne walnut stock has rococo style molding carved to grip and forearm. Flintlock jaeger rifle with neoclassical notch rear sight and fleur-de-lis brass blade front sight. Item features a patchbox on right side of butt, sling swivels, and double set triggers. Stock has an inlaid compass to cheekrest that appears to be made of elk horn, ebony, and a type of blonde wood. Comb of buttplate has carved elk horn knotwork panels. Buttplate has a ball rest and is carved elk horn with a scene of Diana the Huntress and hound. Ferrules and forend cap are also carved elk horn. Patchbox cover has a carved elk horn panel showing Diana intertwined with scroll. Sideplate is cast brass showing a scene that appears to be Diana and a unicorn intertwined with filigree. Top of wrist shows two cast brass filigree fittings with intertwined grotesques and neoclassical motifs. Bottom edge of cheekrest has a brass plate showing a scene of hunter and bear, and right side face of butt shows a cast brass lion fitting. Triggerguard is cast brass neoclassical style with silver grotesques, and there is a brass filigree fitting in front of triggerguard. Included with item is wood ramrod with ebony tip, leather sling, and ramrod attachment in patchbox.
Made in January 2010.
Very good. Bore is bright. Finish has some sprinkled pit marks scattered overall and light patination toward front sight. Wood stock is in good condition. Action is functinal.
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Tim Carey
Associate Vice President, Head of Department, Arms, Armor and Militaria
Ms. Emma Fulmer
ATF Manager, Senior Coordinator, Arms, Armor & Militaria
