January 16, 2020 The Susquehanna Collection
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/16/2020
Jacob Sees worked in Elizabeth Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. There are very few known examples of his work. One surviving rifle has silver-inlaid scrollwork on the left side of the butt, rather than carving. He was listed as a gunsmith in the tax records in 1800 in Elizabeth Township and was active until his death in 1812. This pistol is only the second known surviving example of a pistol by Jacob Sees. The late Joe Kindig regarded Sees as a skilled artisan. The handmade two-stage brass barrel is signed "J. Sees" in script on the top flat. There is an applied brass sight at the muzzle. The lockplate is stamped "FOULKE / PHILADELPHIA" in the center. The brass furniture includes a pommel cap engraved on the bottom with a flower, triggerguard also engraved on the bow with a flower, ramrod ferrules, and nosecap. Fine figured maple stock of attractive form with brass wire inlays around the barrel tang. Complete with its wooden ramrod. CONDITION: Barrel polished, showing some scattered marks from use and wear, signature very good. Lock retains a grey patina and is in its original flintlock configuration. Brass furniture is polished and shows some scattered marks. Stock very good with later coat of finish and some minor chips around lockplate, a small piece replaced on each side of rear triggerguard tang, where wrist was cracked. A very fine and attractive brass-barreled Lancaster pistol. PROVENANCE: Ex. John S. DuMont Collection.
Caliber/Bore
.45 Smoothbore
Model
Flintlock Kentucky Pistol