Ornate 19th Century German Silver Decorated Heavy Barrel Flintlock Rifle Signed "S.S."
Sale 2030 - Arms, Armor and Militaria
Oct 23, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$1,200 -
$1,800
Lot Description
Ornate 19th Century German Silver Decorated Heavy Barrel Flintlock Rifle Signed "S.S."
.44 caliber. 38.5" heavy octagonal barrel. SN: NSN. Browned metal finish. Walnut full stock with straight grip and carved cheek rest. Flintlock rifle with adjustable notch rear sight and German silver blade front sight. Item features double set triggers, a capbox to right side, and striped wood ramrod with German brass tip. Stock is profusely inlaid with 64 German silver escutcheons in various shapes such as hearts, teardrops, florals, a rococo style grip plate, turkeys, and an American eagle containing a portrait vignette of a bearded gentleman on cheek rest. Comb, buttplate, triggerguard, forend cap, thimbles, and capbox are all German silver as well. Lock is unsigned and features simple floral scrollwork. Barrel is signed S.S. behind rear sight, and there is a rectangular dashed line box in front of rear sight.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Condition Report
Good to very good. Finish has a brown/plum appearance, with scattered sprinkled of pitting overall. Stock shows some scattered light scratches, hairline cracking runs entire length of forearm on both sides (in between escutcheons). Stock also appears to be spliced behind ramrod socket, possibly a repair. Wrist appears to have been broken and repaired at some point. Lock most likely buffed or refinished at some point. Action will need work, hammer does not hold in cocked position.
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