RELIEF CARVED FLINTLOCK RIFLE SIGNED BY HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND GUNSMITH CHRISTIAN HAWKEN.

Cal. 56. Overall length 58-1/4″, 5″ x 1-1/2″ buttplate. 42-3/4″ full oct rifled bbl, faintly signed “Christian Hawken”. Beautiful and elaborate 4-pc engraved patchbox with 9 piercings and finial ending in a 4-petaled flower. The left hand side of butt is relief carved with back to back C scrolls to the rear of the cheekpiece along with a small relief carved detail forward of the cheekpiece extending up around the comb and is duplicated on the patchbox side. Rifle has relief carving around the bbl tang behind which is an oval silver inlay. There is attractive relief carving on each side of stock at rear ramrod ferrule, forward of which, extending to the muzzle along the ramrod, is a very nice relief panel. Heavy beveled brass sideplate is not engraved. The gunsmith Christian Hawken of Hagerstown, MD worked his entire life as a gunsmith in Hagerstown and died May 10, 1821. Christian Hawken was patriarch of the famous Hawken family of gunsmiths who later relocated to St. Louis where they made the famous Hawken plains rifles so highly prized by the mountain men of the Rockies. PROVENANCE: Collection of Dr. Douglas Sirkin. CONDITION: The relief carved butt end of this rifle is orig and intact. All the wood from there forward, is a professional conservation in the Hawken style. The lock is orig flint. Sideplate is a proper replacement. 4-49821 (10,000-20,000) – Lot 3362

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Auction: Firearms - Fall 2014

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	3362	$12,650.00	RELIEF CARVED FLINTLOCK RIFLE SIGNED BY HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND GUNSMITH CHRISTIAN HAWKEN. Cal. 56. Overall length 58-1/4″, 5″ x 1-1/2″ buttplate. 42-3/4″ full oct rifled bbl, faintly signed “Christian Hawken”. Beautiful and elaborate 4-pc engraved patchbox with 9 piercings and finial ending in a 4-petaled flower. The left hand side of butt is relief carved with back to back C scrolls to the rear of the cheekpiece along with a small relief carved detail forward of the cheekpiece extending up around the comb and is duplicated on the patchbox side. Rifle has relief carving around the bbl tang behind which is an oval silver inlay. There is attractive relief carving on each side of stock at rear ramrod ferrule, forward of which, extending to the muzzle along the ramrod, is a very nice relief panel. Heavy beveled brass sideplate is not engraved. The gunsmith Christian Hawken of Hagerstown, MD worked his entire life as a gunsmith in Hagerstown and died May 10, 1821. Christian Hawken was patriarch of the famous Hawken family of gunsmiths who later relocated to St. Louis where they made the famous Hawken plains rifles so highly prized by the mountain men of the Rockies. PROVENANCE: Collection of Dr. Douglas Sirkin. CONDITION: The relief carved butt end of this rifle is orig and intact. All the wood from there forward, is a professional conservation in the Hawken style. The lock is orig flint. Sideplate is a proper replacement. 4-49821 (10,000-20,000) – Lot 3362 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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RELIEF CARVED FLINTLOCK RIFLE SIGNED BY HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND GUNSMITH CHRISTIAN HAWKEN.