RARE & UNUSUAL HUDSON VALLEY FLINTLOCK FOWLER

RARE & UNUSUAL HUDSON VALLEY FLINTLOCK FOWLER SN NSN. Cal. 70. This rare fowler has a 53” iron bbl and is 69” overall length. It has a hole for a bead front sight, which is missing, with a tiny fixed rear sight. Bbl is 1-5/8” at breech end and 7/8” at muzzle end. It has an early English style lockplate of the 1750-1760 period, slightly rounded with a gentle curve and short teat. Surface has light foliate engraving with an incised border pattern. It has an unbridled frizzen with iron pan and rounded gooseneck hammer. It has a beautiful curly maple full length stock with four decorative brass guides including nosepipe which contains what is probably its orig trumpet head ramrod. It has a very pronounced swell at nosepipe with raised fore & aft teardrop side panels and a raised panel around tapered tang. Sideplate is open filigree brass in foliate arabesque patterns. There is also raised carvings around 10-1/2” long decorative brass trigger guard. There is an unusual shaped brass thumbplate secured with two iron pins and a wide, smooth brass buttplate with decorative stepped top tang. Trigger is short & flat with a distinctive curl at tip. The distinctive Dutch style of hardware & carvings are very indicative of the Hudson Valley influence. This exact fowler is pictured in great detail with a fine writeup on p. 162 of Flintlock Fowlers The First Guns Made in America, Grinslade. CONDITION: Very fine. Iron retains a wonderful smooth dark brown patina with some moderate pitting around flash hole. Brass retains a medium to dark mustard patina & sideplate has a small broken spot with nosepipe having a broken tip. Forestock has a repaired splice just above nosepipe, otherwise wood is sound retaining a wonderful hand worn patina with some evidence of a very old cleaning. Mechanics are fine. 4-32805 JR537 (5,000-7,000)

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
	1597A	$12,650.00	RARE & UNUSUAL HUDSON VALLEY FLINTLOCK FOWLER SN NSN. Cal. 70. This rare fowler has a 53” iron bbl and is 69” overall length. It has a hole for a bead front sight, which is missing, with a tiny fixed rear sight. Bbl is 1-5/8” at breech end and 7/8” at muzzle end. It has an early English style lockplate of the 1750-1760 period, slightly rounded with a gentle curve and short teat. Surface has light foliate engraving with an incised border pattern. It has an unbridled frizzen with iron pan and rounded gooseneck hammer. It has a beautiful curly maple full length stock with four decorative brass guides including nosepipe which contains what is probably its orig trumpet head ramrod. It has a very pronounced swell at nosepipe with raised fore & aft teardrop side panels and a raised panel around tapered tang. Sideplate is open filigree brass in foliate arabesque patterns. There is also raised carvings around 10-1/2” long decorative brass trigger guard. There is an unusual shaped brass thumbplate secured with two iron pins and a wide, smooth brass buttplate with decorative stepped top tang. Trigger is short & flat with a distinctive curl at tip. The distinctive Dutch style of hardware & carvings are very indicative of the Hudson Valley influence. This exact fowler is pictured in great detail with a fine writeup on p. 162 of Flintlock Fowlers The First Guns Made in America, Grinslade. CONDITION: Very fine. Iron retains a wonderful smooth dark brown patina with some moderate pitting around flash hole. Brass retains a medium to dark mustard patina & sideplate has a small broken spot with nosepipe having a broken tip. Forestock has a repaired splice just above nosepipe, otherwise wood is sound retaining a wonderful hand worn patina with some evidence of a very old cleaning. Mechanics are fine. 4-32805 JR537 (5,000-7,000) 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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