Project Description

!!!!!SOLD!!!!!  This is a 1/3 scale swivel breech double barrel flintlock Kentucky rifle by master miniature maker Art Holly.  19 7/16″ long overall with two 13″ octagon barrels.  Both barrels are rifled.  One is  .22 caliber, the other is .25 caliber.  The barrels are browned, and bored through to the touch holes.  The lockplate, hammer, pan, frizzen springs, & frizzens are also browned.  The lockplate lightly engraved and marked in script capitol letters  “AH”. The hammer with both half and full cock, with a crisp action.  Brass furniture with some modest engraving.  Engraved manually opened brass patchbox.  The top of the barrel signed “A. Holly”.  The sideplate is brass with a beautifully engraved three masted sailing ship in an ocean scene.  The rear sights are browned and dovetailed in place.  The front sights are brass and dovetailed in place.  There are three bands inlaid into the top flat at the rear of the barrel near the tang, looks to be two silver & one gold.  The stocks are three piece & a figured fiddleback maple with a raised cheekpiece on the left side.  There is a silver engraved crescent moon inlay in the cheekpiece.  Three brass ramrod thimbles.  Hickory ramrod with brass tip.  A pretty rifle with great lines by a great highly collectable maker.  Art Holly miniature rifles are very seldom offered for sale.  Stock # CK-128.  !!!!!SOLD!!!!!