This is an example of a early 20th century "Northwest" trade gun was produced by The Barnett Company of England who made firearms for more than three hundred years. This late example features the classic serpentine/dragon side plate that Native people looked for when trading for arms designed for use with shot or ball with a front sight. The lock plate is marked "BARNETT/LONDON/1900" in front of the hammer with a proofmark with a seated fox and "EB" below behind the hammer. The tombstone with a Sitting Fox over E.B. was used by Edward Bond to mark Hudson's Bay Company Trade Guns. The butt has "1/6/28" carved on the right side. Also fitted with enlarged trigger and guard for winter use, brass ramrod pipes, and brass buttplate.

Very good. The barrel, action and trigger guard have an attractive smooth crisp dark patina showing some pitting and oxidation. There is a cut on the barrel tang in-line with the screw and into the stock. The brass has an aged patina. The stock is good with a number of pressure dents, cuts, and scratches, rough carving and pieces missing from the right buttstock, and some scattered coral or orange flecks throughout . Mechanically fine.