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Fowling Piece #1A richly decorated, silver-mounted, English fowling piece influenced by the work of John Harman. This gun is representative of first class London work form the 1760's. A custom made lock was created for this project as was the relief sculpted silver mounts. Significant amounts of silver wire inlay add to the beauty of the piece.
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Burl-Stocked Fowling PieceA richly decorated, silver-mounted, English fowling piece influenced by the work of John Harman. This gun is representative of first class London work form the 1760's. A custom made lock was created for this project as was the relief sculpted silver mounts. Significant amounts of silver wire inlay add to the beauty of the piece.
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Rifle #3 A unique pear stocked take down rifle. This gun has strong fowling piece influence in the stocking and hardware used. Design elements used creates a very smooth and flowing piece. Wood used in this rifle was from a tree planted by Wallace Gusler, which subsequently blew down in a hurricane which struck Williamsburg. A very graceful gun.
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Rifle #9A documentary copy of an original rifle attributed to George Shroyer. This original is commonly referred to as the "Bowers" rifle and is shown in Rifles of Colonial America (#92), by George Shumway. This rifle is believed to have been made very early in Shroyer's career and contains many stylistic details of a rifle from the 1760's.
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