School: Rowan (North Carolina/NC)
There is an existing rifle with similar characteristics to the Rowan School of gunmaking and signed “D.G.” The patchbox edelweiss finial is usually associated with Virginia gunsmiths, but some Piedmont NC rifles have similar finials.
Source: Ivey, William. North Carolina Schools of Longrifles 1765-1865. Thomasville, NC: Published by the Author, 2010. Print.
Bone Tipped and Banded Horns Offered by the HCH
