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English Flintlock Fowling Piece with Elaborate Silver Inlaid Stock

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Firearms & Armory Start Price:1,200.00 USD Estimated At:3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD
English Flintlock Fowling Piece with Elaborate Silver Inlaid Stock
Fixed blade sight, with a ramrod pipe soldered to the underside of the barrel, two ribbed bands near the forearm tip and a set of 4 proof stamps next to some light scroll engraving at the breech. Lock plate is unmarked, with a border line around the hammer, steel trigger guard with rolled edges, and a steel reverse plate with engraved and cut-through designs. Half length stock, with a horn tipped buttplate, an engraved silver plate on top of the wrist, smooth buttplate with light engraving and extensive silver wire floral vine inlay on the forearm, wrist and around the butt.
BBL: 38 inch round
Stock: walnut
Gauge: 68
Finish: bright
Grips:
Serial Number: NSN
Condition: Good, with light scattered pitting and dings on the period cleaned and polished barrel, showing a few areas of brown patina on the bright gray metal. Proofs are faint on left side of breech. Stock is good as period repaired, with a few mended cracks and minor chips and cracks. The silver wire is very fine, with a few dark sections. Mechanically very good.