Product Details
D. EGG, LONDON
A PAIR OF 18-BORE PERCUSSION OFFICER'S PISTOLS,
circa 1830-40, with 7 3/4in. rebrowned twist octagonal barrels each signed 'D. EGG. LONDON' towards the breech, border and scroll engraved breeches, tangs and bolted locks, the tangs each incorporating the rear-sight, the locks each signed 'D. EGG', walnut three-quarter stocks each with chequered butt, scroll engraved iron mounts, border and scroll engraved iron belt hooks (almost certainly added during their working life), silver escutcheons each engraved with a crest and initials, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, and iron stirrup ramrods (iron parts polished bright, safety-bolts and screw-heads reblued), London proof marks.
Estimate £800-1,200
THE ABOVE LOT IS PURCHASED AS AN EXEMPT ITEM UNDER SECTION 58 (2) OF THE 1968 FIREARMS ACT. TO BE HELD AS A CURIOSITY OR ORNAMENT.