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Lot 1171
Two Diminutive Percussion Rifles
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
19th century, both with inlaid maple stocks, the first with a Whitmore Wolff of Pittsburgh lockplate, some silver inlays and brass furniture (28.5 LOA) (barrel loose; frozen action; cleaned brass); the second rifle, unmarked (30.25 in. LOA) (stripped wooden surfaces and harsh cleaning to metallic elements).

From the Personal Collection of Bob Timberlake, Lexington, North Carolina