American & Southern | December 5, 2024
Thu, Dec 5, 2024 10:00AM EST
Lot 1147
Georgia Attributed Percussion Rifle
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
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| $0 | $25 |
| $100 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
probably Cohutta Springs, Murray County, Georgia, 1882, squirrel rifle, full stock, .36 caliber, Meier Ensley (faint signature and date on barrel top), brass blade front sights, 46 in. octagonal barrel, double set triggers, beaver tail rear sight, copper ramrod guides and thimble, hand wrought iron trigger guard, iron butt plate, 61 in. overall
Provenance: From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia
Exhibited: Previously on Loan at the Atlanta History Center for viewing in the exhibition Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in the Changing South from 1996 to 2024
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From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia
handling wear throughout, patina to barrel with pitting, abrasions, and dings, loss to stock adjacent to hammer, loose stock towards fore end, missing barrel pins, 8 in. loss to left side of fore stock with associated 6 in. repair, 2 in. split in grain at fore end, 1-1/2 in. split in grain near trigger guard, 3 in. split to wood at side plate screw, other minor condition issues to stock, hammer can be manipulated but not set
