3344

$17,250.00

WONDERFUL YORK COUNTY UNSIGNED GEORGE SCHREYER SR. RELIEF CARVED FLINTLOCK KENTUCKY RIFLE.

Cal. 46. 60″ overall. 44-1/8″ full oct smooth bore bbl. Butt is 4-1/2″ x 1-3/4″. 4-piece engraved brass patchbox with a daisy head finial. Curly maple stock is relief carved to rear and forward of cheekpiece, behind bbl tang and around rear ramrod pipe. Fleur-de-lis floral relief carving at bbl tang and rear ramrod pipe are a “signature” of G. Schreyer’s work. Carving at rear ramrod pipe is worn from hard use but is clear and distinct. This very rifle is pictured on page 76 and 77 of Shumway’s George Schreyer, Sr & Jr, Gunmakers of Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania. Hand forged flintlock is unsigned but appears to be all original, as noted in Shumway’s description of this gun. Relief carved design behind cheekpiece is unique, as is the ten-pointed star inlay on the cheekpiece. The 2-screw heavy beveled brass sideplate has no engraving. George Schreyer moved to Hanover about the beginning of The Revolutionary War. He is found in the 1783 Hanover tax records. Records dated 1793 identify Schreyer as a gunsmith and he is listed as a gunsmith in Hanover as late as 1813. George Schreyer made beautiful Kentucky rifles before, during and right after The Revolutionary War. PROVENANCE: Collection of Dr. Douglas Sirkin. CONDITION: Very good. There is a minor wood replacement on the right hand side of forend above the front ramrod pipe. The wood panel around the lock cavity has been modified to fit the lock, which is a period original flint replacement. 4-49962 (20,000-30,000) – Lot 3344

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Auction: Firearms - Fall 2014

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