FINE BAKER PERCUSSION FOWLER.

FINE BAKER PERCUSSION FOWLER. SN NSN. Cal. About 14 bore. Fine lightweight English fowler with 32″ rnd bbl without front sight. It has custom breech plug with light engraving and 2 platinum bands with a platinum blowout plug. It has engraved front action lock with gold Baker cartouche. Hammer, top tang, and other appended metal are engraved to match. It has serpentine trigger guard/finger rest with well-formed and engraved pineapple finial. Bottom of bbl has iron rib with 2 iron guides containing what may be its orig horn-tipped ramrod. Mounted with a nicely figured, straight grain half stock with pewter forend tip and 2 wedges in forestock through German silver escutcheons. It has checkered wrist and smooth steel buttplate. PROVENANCE: Glenn Marsh Collection. CONDITION: Good. No orig finish remains with metal being a very dark brown patina with light rust over bottom rib and fine pitting on bbl. Breech end of bbl in nipple area and on inside of hammer have deep pitting. Stock is sound with normal handling and use marks and a series of small nicks on bottom of butt. Mechanics are fine. Moderately pitted dark bore. 4-59555 JR169 (750-1,250)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007

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
	1532	$517.00	FINE BAKER PERCUSSION FOWLER. SN NSN. Cal. About 14 bore. Fine lightweight English fowler with 32″ rnd bbl without front sight. It has custom breech plug with light engraving and 2 platinum bands with a platinum blowout plug. It has engraved front action lock with gold Baker cartouche. Hammer, top tang, and other appended metal are engraved to match. It has serpentine trigger guard/finger rest with well-formed and engraved pineapple finial. Bottom of bbl has iron rib with 2 iron guides containing what may be its orig horn-tipped ramrod. Mounted with a nicely figured, straight grain half stock with pewter forend tip and 2 wedges in forestock through German silver escutcheons. It has checkered wrist and smooth steel buttplate. PROVENANCE: Glenn Marsh Collection. CONDITION: Good. No orig finish remains with metal being a very dark brown patina with light rust over bottom rib and fine pitting on bbl. Breech end of bbl in nipple area and on inside of hammer have deep pitting. Stock is sound with normal handling and use marks and a series of small nicks on bottom of butt. Mechanics are fine. Moderately pitted dark bore. 4-59555 JR169 (750-1,250) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007 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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