REV WAR ERA JOSEPH PERKINS PHILADELPHIA MADE FOWLER.

SN NSN. Joseph Perkins was a master armorer at Rappahanock Forge before the Revolutionary War and the first superintendent of the Continental Armory in Philadelphia 1780 to 1782. Her repaired muskets for the US Armory during the Federal period in the early 1790s. This gun appears to be mounted in American cherry utilizing a 1st model Brown Bess lock with crown and “GR” cypher with no date. The bbl is half oct to rnd measuring 51-1/2″ and is about 76 cal with smooth bore attached by four keys. Four ramrod pipes without flare hold wooden ramrod. Hardware is brass with very long buttplate tang, almost 6″ long, and decorated as is trigger guard and rear ramrod pipe. There is a proof on bbl in a sunken oval cartouche “MP/T”. Regardless of exact origin, this is an interesting early American Fowler unlike anything we have seen before. PROVENANCE: Collection of Dr. Douglas Sirkin. CONDITION: Gun overall is very good. Bbl is mostly dark gray.brown and smooth with areas of pitting especially at breech; bbl markings and proof are easily discerned as can be seen in photos; lock is worn and markings discernible but overall surface of lock and parts are pitted; top jaw screw is replacement; brass hardware has medium mustard patina; stock is sound and solid with a glued sliver repair just forward of hammer and another glued repair on right side of forestock between the two middle ramrod pipes; there is a 2″ large chip missing at muzzle end of forestock and a 7″ inset repair from muzzle back on that side also; there is also a glued crack on right side just forward of second pipe. 4-50078 JS211 (5,000-8,000) – Lot 2413

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
	2413	$3,450.00	REV WAR ERA JOSEPH PERKINS PHILADELPHIA MADE FOWLER. SN NSN. Joseph Perkins was a master armorer at Rappahanock Forge before the Revolutionary War and the first superintendent of the Continental Armory in Philadelphia 1780 to 1782. Her repaired muskets for the US Armory during the Federal period in the early 1790s. This gun appears to be mounted in American cherry utilizing a 1st model Brown Bess lock with crown and “GR” cypher with no date. The bbl is half oct to rnd measuring 51-1/2″ and is about 76 cal with smooth bore attached by four keys. Four ramrod pipes without flare hold wooden ramrod. Hardware is brass with very long buttplate tang, almost 6″ long, and decorated as is trigger guard and rear ramrod pipe. There is a proof on bbl in a sunken oval cartouche “MP/T”. Regardless of exact origin, this is an interesting early American Fowler unlike anything we have seen before. PROVENANCE: Collection of Dr. Douglas Sirkin. CONDITION: Gun overall is very good. Bbl is mostly dark gray.brown and smooth with areas of pitting especially at breech; bbl markings and proof are easily discerned as can be seen in photos; lock is worn and markings discernible but overall surface of lock and parts are pitted; top jaw screw is replacement; brass hardware has medium mustard patina; stock is sound and solid with a glued sliver repair just forward of hammer and another glued repair on right side of forestock between the two middle ramrod pipes; there is a 2″ large chip missing at muzzle end of forestock and a 7″ inset repair from muzzle back on that side also; there is also a glued crack on right side just forward of second pipe. 4-50078 JS211 (5,000-8,000) – Lot 2413 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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REV WAR ERA JOSEPH PERKINS PHILADELPHIA MADE FOWLER.