Double rifle with flint lock, octagonal barrels, brass mountings, walnut stock, Wm. Antes engraved on the lock plate. The walnut stock, the flat butt plate, and the style of the patch box are evidences that this one of the earliest doubel rifles made in Pennsylvania. The barrels swing on a swivel so that they can be alternately fired by the one lock. The figure carved in the stock in front of the lock is thought to be Indian. Similar figures appear on other rifles made in Pennsylvania. The trigger guard is obviously missing.
Pistol with flint lock, walnut stock, brass mountings, and octagonal-to-round barrel, 7 inches long with Wm. Antes engraved in script letters on the top facet of the barrel.
Rifle with flint lock, full stock of curly maple, brass mountings, octagon-to-round barrel 42 inches long with John Derr in block letters on the top facet of the barrel. The pattern of the patch box on this rifle was also used by Mauger on a number of his products. It is likely that Derr was also engaged in another occupation, for not many of his rifles are found in collections in Pennsylvania.
Double rifle with flint lock, octagonal barrels, brass mountings, walnut stock, Wm. Antes engraved on the lock plate. The walnut stock, the flat butt plate, and the style of the patch box are evidences that this one of the earliest double rifles made in Pennsylvania. The barrels swing on a swivel so that they can be alternately fired by the one lock. The figure carved in the stock in front of the lock is thought to be an Indian. Similar figures appear on other rifles made in Pennsylvania. The trigger guard is obviously missing.
