"Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in a Changing South" was an exhibit at The Atlanta History Center which we thought was permanent which after 28 years who wouldn't think that. The exhibit was dismantled in 2024 to make way for an interactive children's exhibit. Some of the items went to auction at Brunks.
Blue Ridge, Fannin County, Georgia, circa mid 1800s, maker unknown, hunting bag, leather, with horn tip decoration. 24 x 9 in. overall
Note: In the catalog description from Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in a Changing South, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 2000, pg. 113, cat. no. 88, Burrison writes "Attached to this example, which belonged to the Sisson family, are cockspur and powder horn measures and a wooden tab with holes for patch encased balls to speed up loading.";
Blue Ridge, Fannin County, Georgia, circa mid 1800s, maker unknown, powder horn with carved tip and ringed wooden cap, leather strap, 11-3/4 x 2-1/4 in. overall
Note: In the catalog description from Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in a Changing South, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 2000, pg. 113, cat. no. 87, Burrison writes "This example was owned by the Terrell family."
Exhibited: Previously on Loan at the Atlanta History Center for viewing in the exhibition Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in the Changing South from 1996 to 2024
More photographs of the bag can be seen in the blog post Atlanta History Center: Mountain Rifles here. In the background can be seen parts of the exhibit.
The guns that were in the display case with the hunting pouch were at the auction also.
Georgia Attributed Percussion Rifle
Probably Cohutta Springs, Murray County, Georgia, 1882, squirrel rifle, full stock, .36 caliber, Meier Ensley (faint signature and date on barrel top), brass blade front sights, 46 in. octagonal barrel, double set triggers, beaver tail rear sight, copper ramrod guides and thimble, hand wrought iron trigger guard, iron butt plate, 61 in. overall
Provenance: From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia
Exhibited: Previously on Loan at the Atlanta History Center for viewing in the exhibition Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in the Changing South from 1996 to 2024
Ball Ground, Cherokee County, G.A., 1871, squirrel rifle, half stock, .38 caliber. 42-3/4 in. octagonal barrel engraved "J.D. Nelson 1871" on top, long two screw barrel tang, dovetail brass blade front sight, v-cut rear sight, engraved lock plate, tear drop shaped brass side plate, iron trigger guard, butt plate, forend cap, ram rod guides and thimble, double set triggers, buttstock with cheek rest, 59-1/2 in. overall
Provenance: From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia
Note: In the catalog description from Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in a Changing South, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 2000, pg. 112, cat. no. 85, Burrison writes, "The maker settled at Nelson, near Ball Ground, after serving as a surgeon in the Confederate Army. His blacksmith and gunshop was supplied with spring water via hand bored wooden pipes."
Illustrated: Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in a Changing South, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 2000, pg. 45, description on pg. 112, cat. no. 85.
Exhibited: Previously on Loan at the Atlanta History Center for viewing in the exhibition Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in the Changing South from 1996 to 2024
Fannin County, Georgia, late 1800s, attributed to Briggs Garland, hog rifle, full stock, .41 caliber, dial 44 in. octagonal barrel, iron trigger guard, small butt stock, blade front sight, cut down rear sight, brass ramrod guides, 59-1/4 in. overall
Provenance: From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia
Note: In the catalog description from Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in a Changing South, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 2000, pg. 112, cat. no. 86, Burrison writes, “Hog rifles were meant for bigger game than squirrel rifles and took a larger bullet. The construction of this one is so spare that it lacks a butt plate.”
Exhibited: Previously on Loan at the Atlanta History Center for viewing in the exhibition Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in the Changing South from 1996 to 2024
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