Courtesy of Dr. Whisker...
Charles Meissner (1814-) born in Saxony, Germany, worked in Zanesville, Muskingum Co, OH
Charles died on 8 July 1895
There is much data on him in Ohio Gunsmiths & Allied Tradesmen, 4:26-27
and an identical patchbox is shown on a gun I photographed maybe 30 years ago
on page 50; also shown in vol 1 of my photo book of Ohio made longrifles
JBW