November 15 & 16, 2022 Extraordinary Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/15/2022
John Demuth worked in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and later Frederick County, Maryland with working dates beginning circa 1790 and an unknown end date. Rifle has a 39" octagonal-to-round smoothbore barrel, rifle sights, and signed in script "John Demuth". Reconversion flint lock with single trigger control. Full curly maple stock with brass hardware, including an engraved trigger guard and tailpipe extension, coin silver thumbpiece, and barrel escutcheon plates. Interesting 2-piece stock. Unique raised carved wrist decoration and enhanced design around brass hardware. Comes with hardwood ramrod and consignor research. Pictured in "The Kentucky Rifle Assocation Bulletin" Vol. 33, No. 3 PROVENANCE: Ex. John Holmes Collection. CONDITION: Overall good, metal flaking and turning a pitted silvery patina, with replacement lock. Forestock shows cracking and some missing strips of wood with coat of wax. Lock has some burnout around lock with wood missing. Dark pitted bore with sticky mechanics. DLM
Caliber/Bore
.48 Smoothbore
Model
Kentucky Buck and Ball