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General discussion => Antique Gun Collecting => Topic started by: jdm on July 04, 2018, 04:06:06 PM

Title: A little fourth of July spirit
Post by: jdm on July 04, 2018, 04:06:06 PM

Thought you might enjoy this today!

(https://preview.ibb.co/bVJzwd/IMG_0436_3.jpg) (https://ibb.co/e5cEUy)

(https://preview.ibb.co/bYhypy/IMG_0434.jpg) (https://ibb.co/j0Epwd)

Title: Re: A little fourth of July spirit
Post by: gibster on July 04, 2018, 08:41:33 PM

Quite the tease Jim. How about the rest of it?

Title: Re: A little fourth of July spirit
Post by: jdm on July 05, 2018, 03:43:15 PM

Not much of tease Gibster . This is posted in the museum here. It is kind of hard to find though. I thought the federal period eagle was a nice independence  touch.  This is a cherry stocked New England fowler . The lock is a replacement that was on it when I got it. There is at least one other known by this maker. Who ever he is. I believe it my be a Rhode Island made fowler. According to Tom Grinslade 's book Joe Puleo has done some research in this area . He my come up with some answers as to maker one day. There is some nice carving around the trigger guard , the lock and at the tang. It doesn't show up well in these old pictures.

(https://preview.ibb.co/dGAPxJ/IMG_0432.jpg) (https://ibb.co/gMMWcJ)

(https://preview.ibb.co/bGZTPy/IMG_0435.jpg) (https://ibb.co/hgev4y)

(https://preview.ibb.co/j2wmBd/IMG_0437.jpg) (https://ibb.co/hEuHHJ)

Lizette Woodworth Reese poems (https://poetandpoem.com/Lizette-Woodworth-Reese/poems)