Sold for:
$2,952
$2,952
Model 1841 Mississippi Rifle, c. 1849, walnut stock with brass patchbox, buttplate, triggerguard, and barrel bands, steel lock marked HARPERS/FERRY/1849 , with an eagle over a US , barrel tang marked 1849 , and breech of barrel marked with a V/P over an eagle, and AW/P , barrel lg. 33, overall lg. 48 3/4 in. Provenance: From the collection of Gerald Stowe, former curator of arms and armor at the West Point Museum.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-05-03
