EXCEPTIONAL RELIEF CARVED AND ENGRAVED FLINTLOCK JACOB SELL RIFLE. .

EXCEPTIONAL RELIEF CARVED AND ENGRAVED FLINTLOCK JACOB SELL RIFLE. . This fine rifle has a 43-1/2″ full oct .56 cal smooth bore bbl signed in script by Jacob Sell. The four piece brass patch box has six piercings, the upper and lower plates being elaborately pierced, and the lid being profusely engraved featuring the head and shoulders of a man. The patch box is large and of beautiful rococo design. The silver thumb piece wrist inlay is also engraved with the man’s bust. The gun has a hand forged German lock and the brass side plate is also artistically engraved. The gun is profusely relief carved on the cheek side of the butt with exquisite and well executed high relief carving of Sell’s most elaborate style. There is low relief carving at the bbl tang and at the rear ramrod ferrule. The toe plate features diamond pattern engraving often used by Jacob Sell the elder. It is believed Jacob Sell Sr. was born in 1741 and died in 1825. He is recorded as a gunsmith in 1793 and 1799. The plain curly maple used on this gun suggests it may be one of his earlier guns as his later guns tended to have much better curl. Jacob Sell worked around Littlestown, Adams County, PA. Sell’s rifles are normally of unusually high quality workmanship and this rifle is no exception. CONDITION: The ramrod channel has worn through under the fore stock. The low relief carving at the rear ramrod ferrule and the carving forward of the patch box finial is worn from hard use. The hammer on the flint lock is a replacement. There is a very old practically invisible wrist crack repair and the side plate screws are replacements. The rifle remains in very nice condition. The ramrod may be orig. 4-46876 (45,000-65,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012

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
	2241	$46,000.00	EXCEPTIONAL RELIEF CARVED AND ENGRAVED FLINTLOCK JACOB SELL RIFLE. . This fine rifle has a 43-1/2″ full oct .56 cal smooth bore bbl signed in script by Jacob Sell. The four piece brass patch box has six piercings, the upper and lower plates being elaborately pierced, and the lid being profusely engraved featuring the head and shoulders of a man. The patch box is large and of beautiful rococo design. The silver thumb piece wrist inlay is also engraved with the man’s bust. The gun has a hand forged German lock and the brass side plate is also artistically engraved. The gun is profusely relief carved on the cheek side of the butt with exquisite and well executed high relief carving of Sell’s most elaborate style. There is low relief carving at the bbl tang and at the rear ramrod ferrule. The toe plate features diamond pattern engraving often used by Jacob Sell the elder. It is believed Jacob Sell Sr. was born in 1741 and died in 1825. He is recorded as a gunsmith in 1793 and 1799. The plain curly maple used on this gun suggests it may be one of his earlier guns as his later guns tended to have much better curl. Jacob Sell worked around Littlestown, Adams County, PA. Sell’s rifles are normally of unusually high quality workmanship and this rifle is no exception. CONDITION: The ramrod channel has worn through under the fore stock. The low relief carving at the rear ramrod ferrule and the carving forward of the patch box finial is worn from hard use. The hammer on the flint lock is a replacement. There is a very old practically invisible wrist crack repair and the side plate screws are replacements. The rifle remains in very nice condition. The ramrod may be orig. 4-46876 (45,000-65,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012 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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