BY JOSEPH EGG, NO. 1 PICCADILLY, LONDON, NO.S 2547 AND 2464, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1815
細節
A Very Rare Cased Set Of Two Single-Trigger Over-And-Under Flintlock Pistols, Comprising A 100-Bore Pocket Pistol And A 24-Bore Travelling Pistol
By Joseph Egg, No. 1 Piccadilly, London, No.s 2547 and 2464, London silver hallmarks for 1815
The first with reblued octagonal sighted barrels signed in gold on the top flat and with gold lines at the breech, platinum vents, signed finely engraved case-hardened external actions with rollers, 'French' cocks, safety-catches and rainproof pans, chequered figured walnut butt, unmarked silver mounts engraved with scrolling foliage including trigger-guard and spurred pommel with gold cap engraved with a coat-of-arms, gold escutcheon engraved with owner's crest and initials, and original steel ramrod with chequered tip; the second of the same design, with rebrowned twist barrels, the butt with engraved shoulder stock aperture, steel 'skull-crusher' butt-cap engraved with foliage, and silver escutcheon engraved with owner's crest and initials, both pistols with some original finish: in original fitted mahogany case (lid cleaned off) lined in green baize with trade label (slightly damaged) and accessories including individual red leather-covered three-way flasks and bullet moulds, and complete with original figured walnut detachable shoulder stock with signed engraved steel mounts, silver maker's mark of Moses Brent
6in. (17.1cm.) and 12in. (31.7cm.)
The arms on the butt-cap are those of Gore of Barrow Court, Somerset, quartered with Brown of Kiddington, Oxford, and Smyth of Ashton Court, Somerset
By Joseph Egg, No. 1 Piccadilly, London, No.s 2547 and 2464, London silver hallmarks for 1815
The first with reblued octagonal sighted barrels signed in gold on the top flat and with gold lines at the breech, platinum vents, signed finely engraved case-hardened external actions with rollers, 'French' cocks, safety-catches and rainproof pans, chequered figured walnut butt, unmarked silver mounts engraved with scrolling foliage including trigger-guard and spurred pommel with gold cap engraved with a coat-of-arms, gold escutcheon engraved with owner's crest and initials, and original steel ramrod with chequered tip; the second of the same design, with rebrowned twist barrels, the butt with engraved shoulder stock aperture, steel 'skull-crusher' butt-cap engraved with foliage, and silver escutcheon engraved with owner's crest and initials, both pistols with some original finish: in original fitted mahogany case (lid cleaned off) lined in green baize with trade label (slightly damaged) and accessories including individual red leather-covered three-way flasks and bullet moulds, and complete with original figured walnut detachable shoulder stock with signed engraved steel mounts, silver maker's mark of Moses Brent
6in. (17.1cm.) and 12in. (31.7cm.)
The arms on the butt-cap are those of Gore of Barrow Court, Somerset, quartered with Brown of Kiddington, Oxford, and Smyth of Ashton Court, Somerset
來源
J.C.L. Knapton, Christie's, 28 February 1990, Lot 105
出版
Howard L. Blackmore, Firearms, p. 112
Frederick Wilkinson, Guns, p. 84
Frederick Wilkinson, Guns, p. 84
展覽
The Art of the Armourer, Victoria & Albert Museum, 19 April-5 May 1963, No. 260