1770 PERIOD LONG FOWLER BY MASSACHUSETTS GUNSMITH THOMAS EARL.

SN NSN. Cal. 60. Overall length 64-1/2″ with a 49″ oct to rnd smooth bbl. Stamped “PENEL” with the first name illegible. The butt is 5″ high X 2″ wide. The engraved European style lock is signed “THOMAS EARL” who was a gunsmith in Leicester, MA, ca. 1767-1810. This fowler has good drop and a modified Roman nose. The 11-1/2″ engraved brass trigger guard appears to be American made. There is feather style relief carving around the bbl tang. The Penel family of gunsmiths was located in France in the late 1700’s, Earl used Penel’s bbl when making this gun. Earl was born in Leicester, MA, just outside of Worchester in 1737, he died in 1819. He made a number of muskets and fowlers including one for General George Washington. Examples of his work were described by Steven Grancsay in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin of October 1947. A nearly identical fowler by Earl is pictured in The New England Gun by Merrill Lindsay. PROVENANCE: Collection of Dr. Douglas Sirkin. CONDITION: Average. The lock is re-converted to flint and 20″ of forend has been replaced. 4-49945 RG111 (2,000-4,000) – Lot 2415

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2014

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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2415	$4,025.00	1770 PERIOD LONG FOWLER BY MASSACHUSETTS GUNSMITH THOMAS EARL. SN NSN. Cal. 60. Overall length 64-1/2″ with a 49″ oct to rnd smooth bbl. Stamped “PENEL” with the first name illegible. The butt is 5″ high X 2″ wide. The engraved European style lock is signed “THOMAS EARL” who was a gunsmith in Leicester, MA, ca. 1767-1810. This fowler has good drop and a modified Roman nose. The 11-1/2″ engraved brass trigger guard appears to be American made. There is feather style relief carving around the bbl tang. The Penel family of gunsmiths was located in France in the late 1700’s, Earl used Penel’s bbl when making this gun. Earl was born in Leicester, MA, just outside of Worchester in 1737, he died in 1819. He made a number of muskets and fowlers including one for General George Washington. Examples of his work were described by Steven Grancsay in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin of October 1947. A nearly identical fowler by Earl is pictured in The New England Gun by Merrill Lindsay. PROVENANCE: Collection of Dr. Douglas Sirkin. CONDITION: Average. The lock is re-converted to flint and 20″ of forend has been replaced. 4-49945 RG111 (2,000-4,000) – Lot 2415 Auction: Firearms - Spring 2014 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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1770 PERIOD LONG FOWLER BY MASSACHUSETTS GUNSMITH THOMAS EARL.