Product Details
D. EGG, LONDON
AN 18-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING GUN, serial no. 1628,
circa 1790 with later conversion to percussion, re-browned and shortened 26in. barrels, nickel plate to front of rib, the breech-ends inlaid with the gold signature 'D. EGG, LONDON', scroll engraving to rib-end, platinum vents, flat, slightly curved bevel-edged lockplated signed 'D. EGG', border and scroll engraving with sunbursts to the stepped tails, border and scroll engraved flat-sided hammers, walnut half-stock chequered at the wrist (old repair behind right hand lock), gold rectangular clip-corner escutcheon behind top tang, border and scroll engraved iron heel-plate, engraved iron trigger-guard with pineapple finial, white metal oval take-down wedge escutcheons and replacement ramrod
Estimate £1,200-1,500