Lucky RA;
Mine doesn’t have a wear plate. Some of the more unusual details are the sights are bracketed for and aft by two fine engraved lines. Also the wrist escutcheon has the owners initials engraved running with the wrist of the gun, instead of across the wrist. The pierced, and engraved patchbox was nailed in place with brass brads, and then engraved ( the engraving crosses the nails). The patchbox hinge appears to have been constructed using two bullet shaped ends soldered to the head of the box, with a matching brass tube soldered to the lid. This is supposition since the lid and center part of the hinge are missing, but there are no wear patterns to indicate there were ever any knuckles on the center section of the hinge. Mine also has a stylized “little Dutch girl” cheek inlay, but mine is more robust than yours, and frankly not as graceful. Mine has an English lock ( originally flint) with a roller equipped mainspring. The conversion to percussion was so nicely done that it was virtually undetectable from the exterior, leading me to believe it was done by the original smith. The gun was shot very little as a percussion since there is very little cap erosion on the barrel, or lock.
Hungry Horse
