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General discussion => Antique Gun Collecting => Topic started by: rich pierce on August 13, 2025, 03:34:55 AM

Title: Another beaded smoothbore
Post by: rich pierce on August 13, 2025, 03:34:55 AM: This is an oddball and the auction house indicates the beads may be a later addition.
(https://i.ibb.co/Zps9fPHt/IMG-4764.webp) (https://ibb.co/XrBHWgyN)

(https://i.ibb.co/rRt2HmM4/IMG-4767.webp) (https://ibb.co/9kvHWN2s)

(https://i.ibb.co/qLN9V0yJ/IMG-4768.webp) (https://ibb.co/xK1GdmCF)

(https://i.ibb.co/xtRwR4R9/IMG-4769.webp) (https://ibb.co/JwM8MhM6)

(https://i.ibb.co/P0dKMxC/IMG-4770.webp) (https://ibb.co/tF9gzBC)

(https://i.ibb.co/ksmzzrpV/IMG-4771.webp) (https://ibb.co/5gKCCzdX)

(https://i.ibb.co/dqjRGCP/IMG-4774.png) (https://ibb.co/2QWTgVv)
Title: Re: Another beaded smoothbore
Post by: Avlrc on August 13, 2025, 03:02:59 PM: The decoration is a distraction. But who is T Wadsworth & when was it made?
Title: Re: Another beaded smoothbore
Post by: rich pierce on August 13, 2025, 04:09:23 PM: Quote from: Avlrc on August 13, 2025, 03:02:59 PM
The decoration is a distraction. But who is T Wadsworth & when was it made?

I agree, the beads add nothing and distract from the architecture. I’d guess 1760s New England. Imports were seldom signed on the barrel. The maker is unknown to me.
Title: Re: Another beaded smoothbore
Post by: Avlrc on August 13, 2025, 04:39:17 PM: Other than the beads, it is in great shape. Some people probably like that decor. If I owned it, I might remove the 1709 date.
Title: Re: Another beaded smoothbore
Post by: rich pierce on August 13, 2025, 04:47:48 PM: Yeah I’d prefer it had never been beaded. When it says “added later” I wonder how much later. 1800s maybe. Maybe more recent. It’s unusual for no beads to be missing on old beaded guns.
Title: Re: Another beaded smoothbore
Post by: Avlrc on August 13, 2025, 11:56:16 PM: I noticed that one horn @ same auction has similar beads in the plug. Folks up that way must have liked those.
Title: Re: Another beaded smoothbore
Post by: TF Black on August 14, 2025, 04:44:19 AM: I looked long and hard at that gun, mostly because I love club butts and that one is in great condition. But I couldn’t get over the beads. :-)