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Frontier Firearms from the Lifetime Collection of Larry Ness
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- Sale 1987
Live
| Cincinnati
Jun 8 | 10:00 AM EDT
Live
| Cincinnati
Sale 1987
| Cincinnati
| Cincinnati
Estimate$800 – $1,200
.68 caliber. 32" double keyed octagon to round barrel with under lug. SN: NSN. Browned finish, German silver mountings, steel furniture, faux striped hardwood half-stock with shotgun butt. Top of barrel marked "TRYON PHILADA". Back action percussion lock engraved with tight foliate scrolls and is marked by the maker "R ASHMORE & SON". A high grade percussion fowler by Tryon with a gold band at the breech, as well as delicate scroll engraving on the breech and breech plug tang. The iron buttplate tang and triggerguard with pineapple finial are engraved en-suite. Barrel secured by two keys with German silver escutcheons. Other German silver fittings include the nose cap, entry pipe, engraved leaf motif lock screw finial and a plain oval escutcheon in the counterpane. Includes a brass tipped wooden ramrod. A really lovely, high grade fowler from one of the more famous and prolific Philadelphia gunmakers of the mid-19th century.
The Collection of Larry Ness
Very good. Barrel retains some thinning brown which is mixing with a plum patina and some surface oxidation. Clear markings, mechanically functional. Very good bore with moderate oxidation near the muzzle. Stock very good with scattered bumps, dings and marks.
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Tim Carey
Associate Vice President, Head of Department, Arms, Armor and Militaria
