Photographs from MG-63, the Johnny Hauck Collection. Hauck was a local boxing historian and brother of noted local boxer Leo Hauck. The Haucks grew up in Lancaster's Cabbage Hill neighborhood and were known as all-around athletes.
Group of hunters showing off their three deer and large amount of rabbits at Renova, PA.
Provenance
Photographs from MG-63, the Johnny Hauck Collection. Hauck was a local boxing historian and brother of noted local boxer Leo Hauck. The Haucks grew up in Lancaster's Cabbage Hill neighborhood and were known as all-around athletes.
Rifle with flint lock, full stock of curly maple, brass mountings, octagonal barrel with G. Miller engraved in script letters on the top facet. The finial of the patch box in the shape of a snake's head is the most outstanding quality of this rifle. Another Lancaster maker named Holtzworth used a patch box that was similar to this one. The products of G. Miller are very rare.
Rifle with flint lock, full stock of curly maple, brass mountings, octagonal barrel 40 inches long with S. Pannabecker engraved on the top facet in script letters. The lock-bolt plate, the carved patterns, and the contour of the stock suggest production in the eighteenth century, but the style of the patch box is definitely of the early nineteenth century. Barrels signed by the Pannabeckers are not uncommon, but complete guns by any of them are quite rare.
Rifle with flint lock, full stock of curly maple, brass mountings, octagonal barrel with P. Berry engraved on the top facet of the barrel in script letters. The design of the patch-box finial seems to have been used only by Berry and is one of the factors which assist in identifying his products. The carving on the cheek side of the butt is another of Berry's original designs. Berry is known to have made a few fowling pieces. Any of his guns would be a valuable asset to a collection of Pennsylvania guns.
