A PAIR OF PERCUSSION DUELLING PISTOLS, converted from flintlock, with browned twist octagonal sighted barrels signed in gold and with gold fore-sight, engraved case-hardened patent breeches each with platinum plug, engraved case-hardened tangs, signed and engraved case-hardened detented locks with engraved safety-catches, figured walnut half-stocks, chequered butts, engraved blued iron mounts including trigger-guards in the French fashion each with pineapple finial and applied spur, vacant gold escutcheons, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, blued set triggers, original horn-tipped ramrods, and nearly all their original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with some accessories including blued iron cleaning rod with chequered tip, the lid with trade label (for 1827-31) and flush-fitting carrying handle, by Durs Egg, London, early 19th Century