WALNUT STOCKED FLINTLOCK RELIEF CARVED KENTUCKY PISTOL SIGNED D. STROUP SOLDIER AND GUNMAKER OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY.

SN NSN. 9-3/4″ oct to rnd 58 Cal. smooth bbl signed in script “D. Stroup”. Overall 15-1/4″. Walnut stock is relief carved around bbl tang with relief beaver tails to rear of lock and sideplate. Brass furniture is early in style. 4-1/2″ heavy brass serpentine sideplate is unique. Nicely fluted brass buttcap is not engraved. “Andrew” is lightly scratched into buttcap. Convex flintlock plate is unmarked. This very pistol is pictured on p. 237 of The Kentucky Rifle Associations 1976 book, Kentucky Rifles & Pistols 1750-1850 while in the collection of Tom Seymour. According to information researched by Red Jackson of Jackson Arms in 1965, David Stroup was both a soldier and a gunmaker of the Continental Army in Pennsylvania. After the revolution, he moved to North Carolina where he erected an iron works in Lincoln County, N.C. PROVENANCE: Ex Tom Seymour Collection. Frank Sujansky Collection. CONDITION: Average. First 3″ of forend wood replaced. Cracks on right and left side over rear ramrod pipe. 4-49477 RG31 (2,000-3,000) – Lot 2401

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
	2401	$11,500.00	WALNUT STOCKED FLINTLOCK RELIEF CARVED KENTUCKY PISTOL SIGNED D. STROUP SOLDIER AND GUNMAKER OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY. SN NSN. 9-3/4″ oct to rnd 58 Cal. smooth bbl signed in script “D. Stroup”. Overall 15-1/4″. Walnut stock is relief carved around bbl tang with relief beaver tails to rear of lock and sideplate. Brass furniture is early in style. 4-1/2″ heavy brass serpentine sideplate is unique. Nicely fluted brass buttcap is not engraved. “Andrew” is lightly scratched into buttcap. Convex flintlock plate is unmarked. This very pistol is pictured on p. 237 of The Kentucky Rifle Associations 1976 book, Kentucky Rifles & Pistols 1750-1850 while in the collection of Tom Seymour. According to information researched by Red Jackson of Jackson Arms in 1965, David Stroup was both a soldier and a gunmaker of the Continental Army in Pennsylvania. After the revolution, he moved to North Carolina where he erected an iron works in Lincoln County, N.C. PROVENANCE: Ex Tom Seymour Collection. Frank Sujansky Collection. CONDITION: Average. First 3″ of forend wood replaced. Cracks on right and left side over rear ramrod pipe. 4-49477 RG31 (2,000-3,000) – Lot 2401 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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WALNUT STOCKED FLINTLOCK RELIEF CARVED KENTUCKY PISTOL SIGNED D. STROUP SOLDIER AND GUNMAKER OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY.