November 15 & 16, 2022 Extraordinary Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/15/2022
Philip Creamer is recorded in Stockel as leaving Taneytown circa 1805, before being listed in Pennsylvania circa 1815-1820, Illinois in 1820, and 1859 in St. Louis. Octagonal barrel with copper inlaid panels, with a strip at breech, across the top flat, and a rebounding design at muzzle, with "P. Creamer" signed on top rib. Bead front sight, notch rear sight at tang. Ramrod with horn tip and attachment point at rear, probably the original, retained by a single ferrule and feeding into a reinforced mouth. Barrel retained by a single key with an escutcheon. Flat stepped lock with double lock bolts, swan neck cock, roller bearing frizzen, bridled pan cover, fenced waterproof pan, engraved with light wriggled borders, rays at rear step and behind fence. Trigger guard with an urn finial and a period added spur. Bag grips with checkered panels and a debossed medial ridge, accented with a silver band around the circumference of the grip and an elongated tear drop along the spine. Silver inlays throughout stock including a pair of cogs around lock bolts, a set of stylized waves in the form of a W, a thumbpiece. CONDITION: Overall very good. Barrel has been carefully cleaned in the European fashion with some scattered darkness, with copper turning a deep brown or ochre color. Lock is very good with some darkness and a very small area of wood infill at rear of lock. Stock is excellent with some minor handling marks and a few scrapes but free from cracks. Creamer was the gunsmith who made Andrew Jackson's pistols, the survivor of which was on display in the Smithsonian as part of their "Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indian Nations" exhibit, and John C. Calhoun, representing some of the finest American craftsmanship of the period. Accompanied by of folder of information on Creamer, including an inventory record, detailed photos, photocopies of where this pistol was illustrated in "Maryland Longrifles" by Hartzler and Whisker, a photocopy of the Winter 1988 copy of the KRA Newsletter which includes the article "Philip Creamer: One of Maryland's and Illinois' Best" by Hartzler, and photocopy of the March 1989 Vol. 34 No. 10 The Gun Report with article entitled same. PROVENANCE: This pistol is photographed on pg. 412 of "The William M. Locke Collection", The Antique Armory, and pg. 40 of "The Kentucky Pistol" by Chandler and Whisker, Old Bedford Village Press. EMW
Caliber/Bore
.60 Smoothbore
Manufacturer
Phillip Creamer
Paperwork
Folder of Provenance