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Noted Huntington, West Virginia collector Herman P. Dean originally collected this unique rifle about 1912. He acquired it from descendants of the Cellar family near Leonardsburg, Ohio. Oft times this rifle is referred to as “The Cellar’s Rifle”. John Bivins attributed the piece to North Carolina feeling that it most closely exhibited characteristics of the piedmont area. Every aspect of this rifle points to the Rev. War period; the early wide-butt architecture, along with the simple yet well-executed decoration, all centered around the large early American gunsmith made flintlock. |
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A very unusual detail is the strange double-lidded patchbox, much like the later cap and/or patch boxes with single lids found on late percussion rifles. Carving on this rifle is of fine quality, resembling somewhat the carving on several rifles in the Rowan School and also to some extent carving on several rifles made the Spartanburg County area of South Carolina. The stock architecture fits the normal configuration of a number of Rowan rifles, although the slight “belly “ to the bottom of the stock is unusual and adds an earlier appearance to the profile. Forestock molding on the rifle is also unusual consisting of three lines running the full length of the fore-end; the top line extending all the way back to the lock mortise. This molding is similar to several known rifles of the Carolina piedmont. Upon close examination it becomes obvious that Rifle # 138 on page 590 of Shumways volume 2 is also by the hand. |
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