*EXTREMELY RARE ANGELO STOKES ENGRAVED DELUXE TAKEDOWN WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

*EXTREMELY RARE ANGELO STOKES ENGRAVED DELUXE TAKEDOWN WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 579952. Cal. 38-55. Beautiful rifle with 26″ oct bbl, half nickel front sight with screw, 3-leaf platinum-line express sight and a Lyman locking tang sight. Mounted with 2X American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and capped pistol grip stock with crescent steel buttplate. Left side of lower tang, under the wood is marked with assembly numbers “6978” and the number “515” which has both fives X’d out. The top tang channel of butt stock is without assembly numbers. Toe of buttplate is stamped “11” and two dots. Receiver, forend cap, buttplate tang & bbl over chamber area are beautifully engraved by factory engraver Angelo J. Stokes in modified #9 style with the vignette of a standing grizzly bear in a mountain scene on the left side with a running doe deer on the left forward side. Right side of receiver has the vignette of a standing bull moose in a marsh scene all surrounded by very nicely executed, intertwined foliate arabesque patterns with stippled background. Front receiver ring, top tang, floorplate & bottom of receiver are engraved to match. Top & bottom edges of receiver, bolt & takedown ring are engraved with running vine border patterns. Chamber area of bbl is engraved over top three flats with running leaf patterns. Forend cap is engraved with a large flower blossom around both screw holes with a snake & dot and dbl line border around bottom. Buttplate tang is engraved with light foliate arabesque patterns and a simple line border. This exact rifle is pictured on p. 337 of the book Winchester Engraving, Wilson, with three photographs and a descriptive caption, with an attribution to Angelo Stokes. It is credited to The Roger Prochniak Collection. This rifle was produced in about 1911. Stokes was a Winchester engraver of some note having worked at Winchester in the early 20th century and continued as an engraver well into the mid-20th century. He died in 1951 at age 83. PROVENANCE: The Roger Prochniak Collection. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl retains about 90% thinning orig blue, strong in sheltered areas, with a few small scattered spots of light chemical staining. Magazine tube retains most of its orig factory blue with some very fine surface spotting that is practically unnoticeable. Receiver retains about 93-95% strong orig factory blue with some small spots of bare metal, apparently from light chemical staining. Top tang has a few of spots of light pitting with some chemical staining on tang sight. Lever retains about 50% orig blue with outer edge mostly gray metal with some light surface rust. Wood is sound with the left side of butt stock & forearm having had exposure to heavy moisture which damaged the finish, otherwise wood is sound with a couple of minor bruises and elsewhere retains most of its hand rubbed oil finish. Checkering shows light diamond point wear. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-41344 JR91 (12,500-22,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2011

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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	2102	$18,975.00	EXTREMELY RARE ANGELO STOKES ENGRAVED DELUXE TAKEDOWN WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 579952. Cal. 38-55. Beautiful rifle with 26″ oct bbl, half nickel front sight with screw, 3-leaf platinum-line express sight and a Lyman locking tang sight. Mounted with 2X American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and capped pistol grip stock with crescent steel buttplate. Left side of lower tang, under the wood is marked with assembly numbers “6978” and the number “515” which has both fives X’d out. The top tang channel of butt stock is without assembly numbers. Toe of buttplate is stamped “11” and two dots. Receiver, forend cap, buttplate tang & bbl over chamber area are beautifully engraved by factory engraver Angelo J. Stokes in modified #9 style with the vignette of a standing grizzly bear in a mountain scene on the left side with a running doe deer on the left forward side. Right side of receiver has the vignette of a standing bull moose in a marsh scene all surrounded by very nicely executed, intertwined foliate arabesque patterns with stippled background. Front receiver ring, top tang, floorplate & bottom of receiver are engraved to match. Top & bottom edges of receiver, bolt & takedown ring are engraved with running vine border patterns. Chamber area of bbl is engraved over top three flats with running leaf patterns. Forend cap is engraved with a large flower blossom around both screw holes with a snake & dot and dbl line border around bottom. Buttplate tang is engraved with light foliate arabesque patterns and a simple line border. This exact rifle is pictured on p. 337 of the book Winchester Engraving, Wilson, with three photographs and a descriptive caption, with an attribution to Angelo Stokes. It is credited to The Roger Prochniak Collection. This rifle was produced in about 1911. Stokes was a Winchester engraver of some note having worked at Winchester in the early 20th century and continued as an engraver well into the mid-20th century. He died in 1951 at age 83. PROVENANCE: The Roger Prochniak Collection. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl retains about 90% thinning orig blue, strong in sheltered areas, with a few small scattered spots of light chemical staining. Magazine tube retains most of its orig factory blue with some very fine surface spotting that is practically unnoticeable. Receiver retains about 93-95% strong orig factory blue with some small spots of bare metal, apparently from light chemical staining. Top tang has a few of spots of light pitting with some chemical staining on tang sight. Lever retains about 50% orig blue with outer edge mostly gray metal with some light surface rust. Wood is sound with the left side of butt stock & forearm having had exposure to heavy moisture which damaged the finish, otherwise wood is sound with a couple of minor bruises and elsewhere retains most of its hand rubbed oil finish. Checkering shows light diamond point wear. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-41344 JR91 (12,500-22,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2011 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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