American & Southern | December 5, 2024
Thu, Dec 5, 2024 10:00AM EST
Lot 1148
John Daniel Nelson Georgia Percussion Rifle
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $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 |
Ball Ground, Cherokee County, G.A., 1871, squirrel rifle, half stock, .38 caliber. 42-3/4 in. octagonal barrel engraved "J.D. Nelson 1871" on top, long two screw barrel tang, dovetail brass blade front sight, v-cut rear sight, engraved lock plate, tear drop shaped brass side plate, iron trigger guard, butt plate, forend cap, ram rod guides and thimble, double set triggers, buttstock with cheek rest, 59-1/2 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
Note: In the catalog description from Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in a Changing South, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 2000, pg. 112, cat. no. 85, Burrison writes, "The maker settled at Nelson, near Ball Ground, after serving as a surgeon in the Confederate Army. His blacksmith and gunshop was supplied with spring water via hand bored wooden pipes."
Illustrated: Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in a Changing South, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 2000, pg. 45, description on pg. 112, cat. no. 85.
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
Available payment options
Purchased items will be available for pick up or shipping from our Asheville, North Carolina auction facility within ten business days of the auction will be assessed a storage fee of $5.00 per day, per item. Purchaser agrees that packing and shipping is done at the purchaser's risk and that the purchaser will pay in advance all packing expenses, materials, carrier fees and insurance charges. At our discretion, items will either be packed by an agent such as a packaging store or Brunk Auctions. Please allow two weeks for shipping after payment is received. Shipment of large items is the responsibility of the purchaser. We are happy to provide names of carriers and shippers if a purchaser so requests. Brunk Auctions will have no liability for any loss or damage to shipped items.
From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia
some handling wear, copper plate repairs to stock adjacent to lock plate, patina, oxidation and some dings to metal components, nicks and abrasions to wooden stock, cock and triggers non functioning
