AN AMERICAN PERCUSSION KENTUCKY RIFLE with octagonal sighted barrel of small bore, engraved breech with white-metal lines, engraved tang (tang screw replaced), engraved back-action lock, walnut half-stock (chipped and repaired behind the tang, sliver of wood missing in front of the lock), chequered grip, butt with cheekpiece on one side and engraved white-metal patch-box with hinged cover on the other, the cover engraved with owner's initials, white-metal mounts including butt-plate and spurred trigger-guard, set trigger, pewter fore-end cap, and brass-mounted wooden ramrod, unsigned, mid-19th Century