RELIEF AND INCISED CARVED ADAM ANSTAT FLINTLOCK KENTUCKY RIFLE.

RELIEF AND INCISED CARVED ADAM ANSTAT FLINTLOCK KENTUCKY RIFLE. SN NSN. This rifle has a 41 inch full octagon .56 caliber rifled barrel. The rifle has an Ashmore Warranted flint lock. The attractive four piece brass patch box has one piercing and is handsomely engraved with a variety of C-scrolls and ruffles. The low relief and incised carving throughout the fine curly maple stock shows the sophisticated quality of Adam Anstat’s work. Adam was the earliest gunsmith in the Anstat family of gunsmiths, being the father of Peter and Joseph who are both well-known Berks county gunsmiths. The rifle is carved behind and in front of the cheek-piece, around the barrel tang and comb with a simple fore-end line molding. The underside of the fore-end has a long brass saddle plate and there is a brass scalloped pick holder below the cheek piece. There are four inlays at the barrel key mortises, a thumb piece, a hunter’s star on the cheek piece and a diamond / star shaped comb inlay in front of the butt plate. CONDITION: The flint lock has been re-converted using some original parts. The relief and incised carving shows a great deal of wear attesting to the fact it had been carried and cared for perhaps two generations. The heavy beveled side plate appears to have been slightly filed at the forward screw to allow the threads more room to grip. 4-49679 RG12 (12,500-22,500)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2013

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
	2381	$11,500.00	RELIEF AND INCISED CARVED ADAM ANSTAT FLINTLOCK KENTUCKY RIFLE. SN NSN. This rifle has a 41 inch full octagon .56 caliber rifled barrel. The rifle has an Ashmore Warranted flint lock. The attractive four piece brass patch box has one piercing and is handsomely engraved with a variety of C-scrolls and ruffles. The low relief and incised carving throughout the fine curly maple stock shows the sophisticated quality of Adam Anstat’s work. Adam was the earliest gunsmith in the Anstat family of gunsmiths, being the father of Peter and Joseph who are both well-known Berks county gunsmiths. The rifle is carved behind and in front of the cheek-piece, around the barrel tang and comb with a simple fore-end line molding. The underside of the fore-end has a long brass saddle plate and there is a brass scalloped pick holder below the cheek piece. There are four inlays at the barrel key mortises, a thumb piece, a hunter’s star on the cheek piece and a diamond / star shaped comb inlay in front of the butt plate. CONDITION: The flint lock has been re-converted using some original parts. The relief and incised carving shows a great deal of wear attesting to the fact it had been carried and cared for perhaps two generations. The heavy beveled side plate appears to have been slightly filed at the forward screw to allow the threads more room to grip. 4-49679 RG12 (12,500-22,500) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2013 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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