October 30, 2019 The Collection of Steve & Marcy Hench
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/30/2019
This rifle has a two-stage barrel with wide wedding band between the stages. Silver teardrop shaped from sight and decorated notched rear sight. Signed deeply in block letters "H ALBRIGHT" on top flat towards breech. Barrel has a hooked breech with decorated tang. Flat lockplate with roller frizzen and foliate decoration, stamped in center "J.J. HENRY / BOULTON". The brass furniture includes long, gadrooned nosecap. Trigger guard in the French style with flower engraved on bow and a large acorn finial. The buttplate has a three-stage engraved with scrolls. Simple brass escutcheons surround lock retaining screws. There is a silver diamond inlaid on each side of the wrist and a convex oval silver wrist escutcheon decorated with tooled borders. Highly figured full length maple stock of classic early form, retained at the back section by a brass wedge. Just behind the ramrod entry ferrule, the two piece stock is lined at the joints with brass caps. The section of forend towards the muzzle is retained by pins as it would always stay attached to the barrel. With the simple removal of the single brass barrel key, the rifle could quickly and easily be disassembled. CONDITION: Barrel retains an even, brown patina with crisp signature. Lock appears to be in its original flintlock configuration and retains and even, grey patina. Brass furniture polished but retaining a mellowing patina. Stock retains much of its original finish with some scattered marks from use and some minor age cracks between entry ferrule and trigger guard. A very fine and scarce Pennsylvania takedown rifle.
Caliber/Bore
.59 Smoothbore
Manufacturer
Henry Albright