RELIEF CARVED FLINTLOCK RIFLE ATTRIBUTED TO HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND GUNSMITH CHRISTIAN HAWKEN.

RELIEF CARVED FLINTLOCK RIFLE ATTRIBUTED TO HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND GUNSMITH CHRISTIAN HAWKEN. SN NSN. 42-1/2″ full oct 50 Cal. unsigned rifled bbl. Four piece engraved patchbox finial ending in a three-petaled flower and with a heart-shaped piercing. Cheekpiece side of the butt is relief carved with back to back C scrolls to the rear of the cheekpiece along with a small relief carved detail forward of the cheekpiece which extends up around the comb and is duplicated on the patchbox side. Rifle has nice relief carving around the bbl tang behind which is an oval brass inlay. There is a six-pointed star inlay on the cheekpiece that is held in place by a center wood screw. Heavy beveled brass sideplate is engraved in the same style as the patchbox. Gun has been attributed by the consigner to the gunsmith Christian Hawken of Hagerstown, MD. Christian Hawken worked his entire life as a gunsmith in Hagerstown and died May 10, 1821. Many of his surviving rifles are signed. Christian Hawken was patriarch of the famous Hawken family of gunsmiths who later relocated to St. Louis where they made the famous hawken plains rifles so highly prized by the mountain men of the Rockies. PROVENANCE: Collection of Dr. Douglas Sirkin. CONDITION: Old wrist break. Wood replaced to the left side of the trigger guard and from the bbl tang through the left side of the relief carving and back to the sideplate. 2″ triangular wood replacement on the patchbox side of the trigger guard and some additional wood repair around the lock. 4-50032 RG48 (15,000-25,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2013

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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	2361	$21,275.00	RELIEF CARVED FLINTLOCK RIFLE ATTRIBUTED TO HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND GUNSMITH CHRISTIAN HAWKEN. SN NSN. 42-1/2″ full oct 50 Cal. unsigned rifled bbl. Four piece engraved patchbox finial ending in a three-petaled flower and with a heart-shaped piercing. Cheekpiece side of the butt is relief carved with back to back C scrolls to the rear of the cheekpiece along with a small relief carved detail forward of the cheekpiece which extends up around the comb and is duplicated on the patchbox side. Rifle has nice relief carving around the bbl tang behind which is an oval brass inlay. There is a six-pointed star inlay on the cheekpiece that is held in place by a center wood screw. Heavy beveled brass sideplate is engraved in the same style as the patchbox. Gun has been attributed by the consigner to the gunsmith Christian Hawken of Hagerstown, MD. Christian Hawken worked his entire life as a gunsmith in Hagerstown and died May 10, 1821. Many of his surviving rifles are signed. Christian Hawken was patriarch of the famous Hawken family of gunsmiths who later relocated to St. Louis where they made the famous hawken plains rifles so highly prized by the mountain men of the Rockies. PROVENANCE: Collection of Dr. Douglas Sirkin. CONDITION: Old wrist break. Wood replaced to the left side of the trigger guard and from the bbl tang through the left side of the relief carving and back to the sideplate. 2″ triangular wood replacement on the patchbox side of the trigger guard and some additional wood repair around the lock. 4-50032 RG48 (15,000-25,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2013 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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