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Outstanding New England flintlock fowler dated 1769 and pictured on page 41 in Tom Grinslade’s mas

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Outstanding New England flintlock fowler  dated 1769 and pictured on page 41 in Tom  Grinslade’s mas
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Outstanding New England flintlock fowler dated 1769 and pictured on page 41 in Tom Grinslade’s masterful work, “Flintlock Fowlers: The First Guns Made in America, American Fowling Pieces from 1700-1820”. Thelongarm is approx. 58-1/2” overall with a 43” barrel, approx. 20 gauge bore, heavy dark patina on barrel and lockplate that is marked “Ketland & Co.”; full length wood stock with flared iron ramrod retained by brassferrules and beautifully ornamented brass furniture that is best described by quoting Mr. Grinslade “. . . inlays on this fowler are unusual and include three watch gears inlaid into the stock, indicating that thisgunsmith might also have been a clock maker. On the butt plate tang is the date 1769 and a folk-art caricature of a hunter with a cone-shaped hat and holding a fowler. Engraved on the silver escutcheon is a gunwith a bayonet and two crossed swords accented by square-headed brass nails around the oval. The bow of the trigger guard has unique scalloped edges with a rear finial formed into a bird’s beak shape. On the