2012 CLA Show: Photos

18th Century Virginia "Rifle Guns" with Wood Box Lids Display by Giles Cromwell

Attributed to Kentucky County, Virginia

1780-1790

for many years, it hung in John Lalr's Renfvo Valley Museum

(top)

Attributed to the Timbers Ridge area of Rockingham County, Virginia

c. 1780

Barrel engraved "Alex Walker"

.50 caliber with seven groves

(bottom)

Attributed to Botetourt County, Virginia

1750-1760

Side plate engraved "Johnas faber"

.60 caliber with eight groves

(top)

Attributed to Shenandoah County, Virginia

c. 1750

.55 caliber with eight groves

The epitome of "a ridge-runner's rifle"

(bottom)

work by Brian Anderson

Photographed at the 2012 CLA Show by Jan Riser.