Sharps New Model Carbine

dating: Third quarter of the 19th Century provenance: USA, Round, rifled, cal. 52 barrel, with adjustable rear sight and fore-sight, with barely readable address and 'NEW MODEL'; left side marked 'SHARPS PATENT 1848'; backward spring lock, frame marked 'R. S. LAWRENCE PAT./APRIL 12th 1859' (barely readable), the center 'C. SHARPS PAT OCT 5th 1852'; wooden butt and fore-end cap, trigger guard shaped as a lever with locking mechanism; iron patchbox and butt-plate. length 99