HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT AWARD WINNING INCISED AND RELIEF CARVED RIFLE SIGNED BY LANCASTER GUNSMITH CHRISTOPHER GUMPF.

Cal. 52. Overall length 61-1/2″, 4-1/2″ x 1-3/4″ buttplate. 45-3/4″ full oct rifled bbl signed “C Gumpf”. This rifle’s stock is a beautiful curly maple which is incised carved on the cheek side of the butt and at the ramrod entrance ferrule and is relief carved behind the bbl tang. 4-pc brass patchbox is engraved with a daisy head finial. Bbl is held to the stock by 4 bbl wedges. Orig flint lock is engraved but not signed and the rifle has double set triggers. Brass nosecap has a relief chevron design. The heavy beveled brass sideplate is not engraved. This very rifle was awarded the Kentucky Rifle Association’s Silver Medal for Best Incised Carved Rifle in 1991 and was awarded a plaque by the American Society of Arms Collectors in the spring of 1992. In a xerox copy of a handwritten letter by Mrs. Greenawalt, Harrisburg, PA, she states this gun had been the personal property of Major Theodore Greenawalt, who was born in Germany in 1725, came to American 1749, and settled at Ephrata, Lancaster County, PA. In the letter Mrs. Greenawalt states the Major owned the gun which she claims was never fired. Major Greenawalt is said to have assisted in conveying Abraham Lincoln during Lincoln’s trip to his inauguration. The condition of this rifle would suggest the possibility of its being unfired could be accurate. Johan Christopher Gumpf was active as a gunsmith from 1787 to 1840, according to Lancaster County tax records. He was born in 1760 and died in 1844. Christopher Gumpf signed his rifles “C Gumpf”. Except for the Gumpf family rifles large bbls and correspondingly great weights, these Kentucky’s fit the general pattern of Lancaster rifles made in the first quarter of the 19th Century. Despite their later period, much basic Golden Age elegance is evidence in these rifles. The patchboxes of the “C Gumpf” rifles are superb and their sideplates are as beautiful as one is likely to find on a Lancaster rifle. PROVENANCE: James Dorsey Collection; Collection of Dr. Douglas Sirkin. CONDITION: Outstanding. This rifle is all original and is original flint. 4-49990 RG11 (20,000-30,000) – Lot 3339

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Auction: Firearms - Fall 2014

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	3339	$24,150.00	HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT AWARD WINNING INCISED AND RELIEF CARVED RIFLE SIGNED BY LANCASTER GUNSMITH CHRISTOPHER GUMPF. Cal. 52. Overall length 61-1/2″, 4-1/2″ x 1-3/4″ buttplate. 45-3/4″ full oct rifled bbl signed “C Gumpf”. This rifle’s stock is a beautiful curly maple which is incised carved on the cheek side of the butt and at the ramrod entrance ferrule and is relief carved behind the bbl tang. 4-pc brass patchbox is engraved with a daisy head finial. Bbl is held to the stock by 4 bbl wedges. Orig flint lock is engraved but not signed and the rifle has double set triggers. Brass nosecap has a relief chevron design. The heavy beveled brass sideplate is not engraved. This very rifle was awarded the Kentucky Rifle Association’s Silver Medal for Best Incised Carved Rifle in 1991 and was awarded a plaque by the American Society of Arms Collectors in the spring of 1992. In a xerox copy of a handwritten letter by Mrs. Greenawalt, Harrisburg, PA, she states this gun had been the personal property of Major Theodore Greenawalt, who was born in Germany in 1725, came to American 1749, and settled at Ephrata, Lancaster County, PA. In the letter Mrs. Greenawalt states the Major owned the gun which she claims was never fired. Major Greenawalt is said to have assisted in conveying Abraham Lincoln during Lincoln’s trip to his inauguration. The condition of this rifle would suggest the possibility of its being unfired could be accurate. Johan Christopher Gumpf was active as a gunsmith from 1787 to 1840, according to Lancaster County tax records. He was born in 1760 and died in 1844. Christopher Gumpf signed his rifles “C Gumpf”. Except for the Gumpf family rifles large bbls and correspondingly great weights, these Kentucky’s fit the general pattern of Lancaster rifles made in the first quarter of the 19th Century. Despite their later period, much basic Golden Age elegance is evidence in these rifles. The patchboxes of the “C Gumpf” rifles are superb and their sideplates are as beautiful as one is likely to find on a Lancaster rifle. PROVENANCE: James Dorsey Collection; Collection of Dr. Douglas Sirkin. CONDITION: Outstanding. This rifle is all original and is original flint. 4-49990 RG11 (20,000-30,000) – Lot 3339 Click here to view provenance Auction: Firearms - Fall 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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HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT AWARD WINNING INCISED AND RELIEF CARVED RIFLE SIGNED BY LANCASTER GUNSMITH CHRISTOPHER GUMPF.