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A Fine Pair Of 40-Bore Flintlock Travelling PistolsBy Durs Egg, London, Circa 1795
29 April 2010, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £7,200 inc. premium
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By Durs Egg, London, Circa 1795
By Durs Egg, London, Circa 1795
With octagonal sighted barrels each retaining much original blueing beneath, breeches each with crowned gold-lined maker's mark, gold line and gold-lined touch-hole, border engraved tangs each finely decorated with a martial trophy, signed border engraved flat bevelled locks each decorated with a starburst behind the pan and with foliage at the stepped tail, cocks (one fractured) decorated en suite, safety-catches also locking the steels, and rollers bearing on a ramp on each steel-spring, figured full stocks, rounded butts cut with characteristic chequering, border engraved steel mounts comprising butt-caps each decorated with a flower-head centred on the retaining screw, trigger-guards in the French manner each with pineapple finial, decorated with a martial trophy on the bow, and retaining some original blueing on the inside, horn fore-end caps, and original horn-tipped ramrods, one with iron worm (steel parts with some surface rust overall) (2)
13 cm. barrels
13 cm. barrels








