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Historic and Incredibly Well-Documented War
of 1812 Gold and Silver Inlaid and Engraved “Catalan Stock” Miquelet Sporting Gun Presented at the Battle of New Orleans to Andrew Jackson’s Quartermaster General Major William Piatt and Exhibited at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition - NSN, 12 gauge, 37 inch part octagon bbl., blue/gold finish, walnut stock.
The approximately 12 gauge smoothbore barrel has a silver blade front sight with inlaid silver floral and “spider” base, scroll patterns with gilt backgrounds at the transition point followed by a silver inlaid mask and floral design, additional silver floral designs inlaid on the breech section, gold inlaid maker’s marks including one of a crown over “JVN./BVR/GOT,” and scroll and border engraved tang. The lock has scroll engraving, a serrated frizzen, and “Asannloza”
signed at the bottom at center. The iron furniture has scroll and floral engraving. The half-length stock is the classic Catalan style popular in the early 1800s and has a raised floral design carved by the barrel tang and has an old label on the left side that reads “THE PROPERTY OF/H.F. MUSTAIN/MORSE CAVE KENTUCKY/USA/This Spanish Fowling Piece was willed to me by Col. William Piatt of/the U.S. Army in 1832. It was a present to him by Gen. Riano at the/ battle of New Orleans La in 1815. and has been in my possession since...” and has a notary mark stating the statement was sworn by William Piatt at Woodland Station, Kentucky, before Notary Public W.P. Mustain on November 26, 1892. In the included binder of provenance documents from the private sale of
the gun in April 1912 contains multiple pieces of correspondence between H.F. Mustain of Horse Cave, Kentucky, and Ralph W. Potter of Lewiston, Maine.
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