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FINE ATTRACTIVE LIEGE 1854 DATED INDIAN TRADE GUN

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:1,000.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD
FINE ATTRACTIVE LIEGE 1854 DATED INDIAN TRADE GUN
WITH INSET TURQUOISE CABOCHON. Cal. .60 caliber. NSN. 49.5" overall. 34" octagonal to round barrel with 2 wedding ring transitions. Pictured and described on pages 162-163 in "The Fur Trade" by author Milton Von Damm: "This Indian Trade Fusil was made in Liege, Belgium in the mid 1850's. It was probably acquired by Pierre, Chouteau Jr. & Co., who purchased the assets of the Western Department of the American Fur Company and ordered both English and Belgian Indian Trade Fusils during the 1850s. If it was traded from Fort Union, located near the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers, or from Fort Union's satellites, this fusil would initially have been acquired by the Crow, Blackfeet, Gros Ventre, or Shoshone tribes. The Liege marks include an ELG in an oval stamped on the barrel. The lock has a crisp fox in a circle, 1854 on the lock tail, a backward E sharing the vertical line with an R above the fox, and a TI stamped on the bridled interior of the lock." CONDITION: very good overall with contemporary tacked sheet metal repair rear of lock. PROVENANCE: Lifelong Collection of author Milton Von Damm. (01-24759/JS). ANTIQUE. $2,000-3,000.