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Lot 497

An 18-Bore Percussion D.B. Sporting Gun
By Durs Egg, London, Circa 1816-20

Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Including property from the Mark and Peter Dineley Collections

27 November 2019, 10:00 GMT

London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £828.75 inc. premium

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An 18-Bore Percussion D.B. Sporting Gun
By Durs Egg, London, Circa 1816-20

Rebuilt by another in the mid-19th century, with re-browned twist sighted barrels (some areas of pitting) signed in gold along the rib, breeches each engraved with a foliate scroll in front of the platinum plug and with a starburst on the rib between, tang engraved with foliage, three globes and a drum, border engraved case-hardened locks each decorated with foliage, a starburst and a trophy on the tail, hammers engraved with foliage en suite, figured half-stock (fore-end with old split on one side) with chequered grip, border engraved blued steel mounts comprising butt-plate (surface rust and pitting) decorated with a gundog on the heel tang, long slender trigger-plate along the bottom of the butt, trigger-guard and scrolled spur all similar to the last lot, the guard decorated with two gundogs in a landscape on the border engraved bow, the spur with a starburst, vacant gold escutcheon, brass-mounted ramrod, and retaining some finish, London proof marks
74.5 cm. barrels

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