

Lot 320*
A Fine Pair Of Flintlock Blunderbuss-Pistols With Spring BayonetsSigned D. Egg, London, Circa 1815-20
24 November 2021, 10:30 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £6,120 inc. premium
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Signed D. Egg, London, Circa 1815-20
Signed D. Egg, London, Circa 1815-20
Reconverted from percussion, with two-stage brass barrels turned and belled at the muzzles and each fitted with a spring bayonet above, octagonal breeches each signed in script along the top flat, engraved tangs each with bayonet catch, signed border engraved flat bevelled locks decorated with foliage at the stepped tail and each with safety-catch and roller, foliate engraved cocks, highly figured full stocks (minor old bruising) with chequered rounded butts, brass trigger-guards each with pineapple finial and decorated with a martial trophy on the border engraved bow, turned brass ramrod-pipes, and brass-tipped ramrods (one later, the other possibly original), Birmingham proof marks and unidentified barrelsmith's mark (2)
21 cm. barrels
21 cm. barrels
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Provenance
The Daniel Williams Collection Of Antique Firearms & Edged Weapons, sold in these Rooms, 28 November 2018, lot 124