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Featuring rare artifacts, documents, ephemera, photography, and weaponry relating to the American Civil War. The catalog's emphasis is the Battle of Gettysburg and includes offerings from the collection of noted Gettysburg scholar, Marshall D. Krolick.
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Lot 156

[MILITARIA] 19th c. Fowler, Parts Composited from "Brown Bess"

Estimate: $250 - $500
Starting Bid
$100

Bid Increments

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$100 $25
$300 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$50,000 $5,000

Full stock percussion fowler, composed of various gun parts. .75 caliber. Barrel length 40 1/8 in. Overall length 57 3/4 in.

 

The lockplate and hammer are engraved with intricate foliate designs and with a pair of elegant game birds on the lockplate to the rear of the hammer. There is an overall warm patina. Sections of the stock have undergone period repairs. 

 

The gun is stylistically reminiscent of a British Land Pattern "Brown Bess" musket, albeit restocked. Its three brass ramrod pipes were almost certainly recycled from or unused components of a Brown Bess. 

 

Note: This lot cannot be packaged and shipped in-house. Successful bidders winning items marked as being packaged and shipped by a third-party service are responsible for paying the third party directly. We are happy to offer complimentary drop-off service to local third-party packing/shipping companies in Columbus, Ohio.

 

[Civil War, Union, Confederate, Firearm, Colt, Pistol, Revolver, Rifle, Musket, Smith and Wesson, Springfield]

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