A Fine And Unusual Cased Pair Of 34-Bore Flintlock Travelling Pistols By Joseph Egg, London, Circa 1815With browned twist octagonal sighted barrels narrowed at the breech, silver fore-sights, tapering case-hardened patent breeches each signed in gold on the top flat and with platinum lines at the rear, platinum touch-holes, sighted case-hardened tangs each engraved with a martial trophy, border engraved case-hardened flat bevelled locks each signed 'Josh. Egg PATENT', decorated with a starburst behind the rainproof pan set clear of the touch-hole, and with a martial trophy and foliage at the stepped tail, foliate engraved 'French' cocks, signed border engraved steels, blued safety-catches and rollers, figured full stocks (minor bruising, one cracked at the ramrod-channel) each with flattened chequered butt, border engraved blued steel mounts comprising pommel-caps each decorated with foliage, trigger-guards each with pineapple finial and decorated with a martial trophy on the bow, slotted ramrod-pipes, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, original brass-tipped ramrods, one with iron worm with threaded brass cap, and much original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with some accessories including brass-mounted three-way powder-flask covered in red leather, and turnscrew, the interior of the lid (minor moth damage) with maker's trade label for circa 1815-20, the exterior (old split along the back) with circular vacant brass escutcheon centred on a flush-fitting circular brass carrying handle, Birmingham proof marks 11.3 cm. barrels FootnotesProvenance Christie's London, Fine Antique Arms and Armour, 15 June 1977, lot 142 Christie's London, Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria, 16 Jul 2003, lot 235 Literature Jonathan Barrett, 'Six Oddities of English Flintlock Construction', Art, Arms and Armour (R. Held ed.), 1979-80, pp. 394-396, pls. 4-6 W. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, British Gunmakers Their Trade Cards, Cases and Equipment, 1980, pl. 352 The purpose of the pans set clear of the touch-holes is unclear. It has been suggested that they were intended for a secret priming powder of Joseph Egg's own invention, but experiments are said to have failed to make the pistols go off
A Fine And Unusual Cased Pair Of 34-Bore Flintlock Travelling Pistols By Joseph Egg, London, Circa 1815With browned twist octagonal sighted barrels narrowed at the breech, silver fore-sights, tapering case-hardened patent breeches each signed in gold on the top flat and with platinum lines at the rear, platinum touch-holes, sighted case-hardened tangs each engraved with a martial trophy, border engraved case-hardened flat bevelled locks each signed 'Josh. Egg PATENT', decorated with a starburst behind the rainproof pan set clear of the touch-hole, and with a martial trophy and foliage at the stepped tail, foliate engraved 'French' cocks, signed border engraved steels, blued safety-catches and rollers, figured full stocks (minor bruising, one cracked at the ramrod-channel) each with flattened chequered butt, border engraved blued steel mounts comprising pommel-caps each decorated with foliage, trigger-guards each with pineapple finial and decorated with a martial trophy on the bow, slotted ramrod-pipes, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, original brass-tipped ramrods, one with iron worm with threaded brass cap, and much original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with some accessories including brass-mounted three-way powder-flask covered in red leather, and turnscrew, the interior of the lid (minor moth damage) with maker's trade label for circa 1815-20, the exterior (old split along the back) with circular vacant brass escutcheon centred on a flush-fitting circular brass carrying handle, Birmingham proof marks 11.3 cm. barrels FootnotesProvenance Christie's London, Fine Antique Arms and Armour, 15 June 1977, lot 142 Christie's London, Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria, 16 Jul 2003, lot 235 Literature Jonathan Barrett, 'Six Oddities of English Flintlock Construction', Art, Arms and Armour (R. Held ed.), 1979-80, pp. 394-396, pls. 4-6 W. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, British Gunmakers Their Trade Cards, Cases and Equipment, 1980, pl. 352 The purpose of the pans set clear of the touch-holes is unclear. It has been suggested that they were intended for a secret priming powder of Joseph Egg's own invention, but experiments are said to have failed to make the pistols go off
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