interesting patch box

[jdm]

I can't remember if I posted pictures of this here before. It would have been years ago. This is on a rifle by one of the Young family of Easton  Pa. I  always thought it was a little different and interesting and some of you might like to see it.  Jim

[Eric Kettenburg]

That's a great box!  I love it.

[Dennis Glazener]

I like that box, it's different!
Dennis

[JTR]

That's a great one!
And I love the way they depicted dogs back then!
John

[jdm]

A friend has a early Henry Deringer rifle  that  has the same dog engraved on the patch box lid. The box is completely different but the dog is the same. I believe  Deringer apprenticed or worked with with the young family in his early years.

[Shreckmeister]

Very cool. When do you think it was made?

[jdm]

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Very cool. When do you think it was made?


Henry Young died in 1785. John Young and his son both died three months apart in 1813.  The work on the gun , to me, looks like Henry  Young's  however  I don't think the rifle is pre eighteen hundred . So it is probably John's work.   I would date it 1800 -1813 by my guess.  Jim

[rich pierce]

This has features Fainot used. A side opening patchbox in a surround with the surround extending across the buttstock at the buttplate. Looks very sturdy also.

[Shreckmeister]

Sure like to see the rest of it too.

[Buck]

A "captured box". Great rifle Jim.

[louieparker]

Jim I had forgot this rifle. Post a few other shots,  LP

[jdm]

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Jim I had forgot this rifle. Post a few other shots,  LP

Did you want pictures of John Young's work ?  OR yours from twenty years ago when you did some restoration.

[louieparker]

I sure don't want mine ....LP

[jdm]

 This rifle was used hard and had some very poor restoration done . It could not be left in the condition it was in. The worst parts of the restoration  I had ( after some begging ) redone By Louie. It is some what of a plain gun but has nice lines. Of course I have to hang it upside down to look at the dog.  Here are a few more pictures .If you notice the discoloration of the brass on the wear plate I had another rife by Young with the same thing.

[jdm]