RARE ENGRAVED SHARPS MODEL 1853 SPORTING RIFLE.

RARE ENGRAVED SHARPS MODEL 1853 SPORTING RIFLE. SN 9551. Cal. 44. Beautiful sporting rifle with 26″ oct bbl, usual 3-line Hartford address with brass blade dovetailed front sight and delicate ladder rear sight. Top tang has a friction tang sight secured with 1 screw. It has double set triggers. Receiver, lockplate, hammer, lever, patchbox, and 2″ of bbl are beautifully engraved, with full-bodied elk in forest scene on left side panel and eagle on a rocky promontory on patchbox cover with the balance of the metal very well executed foliate arabesque patterns with punch dot background. This is either Sharps fine engraving or extra fine engraving. Receiver and lockplate have early type markings. SN is in the usual place on top tang, but is partially covered by the tang sight and was relocated into a panel to the left and rear of the loading recess in the receiver. Buttplate tang is engraved to match. Mounted with straight grain American walnut with uncheckered, round, pewter tip forearm and straight stock with carbine buttplate. Only 61 to 68 of these rare rifles were made in the period July 1854 to December 1859. PROVENANCE: Glenn Marsh Collection. CONDITION: Fine. Bbl retains traces of orig brown in the most sheltered areas, stronger on forearm with the balance a dark patina with a few scattered spots of light rust. Receiver, lever, lockplate, hammer, and patchbox are a dark gray patina. Stock has a tiny sliver missing by bottom tang with a series of small gouges by the toe and patchbox, a gouge in the forearm and a chip missing from bottom of forearm, otherwise wood is sound and retains a smooth, hand worn patina. Mechanics are fine. Bright, shiny bore with scattered pitting, primarily just in front of chamber. 4-59687 JR159 (12,500-17,500)

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
	3065	$13,800.00	RARE ENGRAVED SHARPS MODEL 1853 SPORTING RIFLE. SN 9551. Cal. 44. Beautiful sporting rifle with 26″ oct bbl, usual 3-line Hartford address with brass blade dovetailed front sight and delicate ladder rear sight. Top tang has a friction tang sight secured with 1 screw. It has double set triggers. Receiver, lockplate, hammer, lever, patchbox, and 2″ of bbl are beautifully engraved, with full-bodied elk in forest scene on left side panel and eagle on a rocky promontory on patchbox cover with the balance of the metal very well executed foliate arabesque patterns with punch dot background. This is either Sharps fine engraving or extra fine engraving. Receiver and lockplate have early type markings. SN is in the usual place on top tang, but is partially covered by the tang sight and was relocated into a panel to the left and rear of the loading recess in the receiver. Buttplate tang is engraved to match. Mounted with straight grain American walnut with uncheckered, round, pewter tip forearm and straight stock with carbine buttplate. Only 61 to 68 of these rare rifles were made in the period July 1854 to December 1859. PROVENANCE: Glenn Marsh Collection. CONDITION: Fine. Bbl retains traces of orig brown in the most sheltered areas, stronger on forearm with the balance a dark patina with a few scattered spots of light rust. Receiver, lever, lockplate, hammer, and patchbox are a dark gray patina. Stock has a tiny sliver missing by bottom tang with a series of small gouges by the toe and patchbox, a gouge in the forearm and a chip missing from bottom of forearm, otherwise wood is sound and retains a smooth, hand worn patina. Mechanics are fine. Bright, shiny bore with scattered pitting, primarily just in front of chamber. 4-59687 JR159 (12,500-17,500) 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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