Lot Essay
Rupert Lugg was free of the Gunmakers' Company in October 1729 and was still in business in 1744. The last reference to him is in 1750
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BY RUPERT LUGG, LONDON, CIRCA 1735
Details
A Flintlock Coaching Carbine
By Rupert Lugg, London, circa 1735
With three-stage belled iron barrel engraved 'Happy Is He That Escapes Me' on the flat of the muzzle, the breech section signed and engraved at the rear with acanthus foliage, engraved grooved tang, signed border engraved rounded lock with an engraved catch securing the cock between the half- and full cock positions, moulded figured walnut full stock (minor chips) with raised panel at the barrel tang, lightly engraved brass mounts, cast and chased side-plate involving a sabre and a helmet, trigger-guard with first pattern acorn finial, large escutcheon, three baluster ramrod-pipes, and original brass-capped ramrod (iron parts with surface pitting), London proof marks
39¼in. (99.7cm.)
By Rupert Lugg, London, circa 1735
With three-stage belled iron barrel engraved 'Happy Is He That Escapes Me' on the flat of the muzzle, the breech section signed and engraved at the rear with acanthus foliage, engraved grooved tang, signed border engraved rounded lock with an engraved catch securing the cock between the half- and full cock positions, moulded figured walnut full stock (minor chips) with raised panel at the barrel tang, lightly engraved brass mounts, cast and chased side-plate involving a sabre and a helmet, trigger-guard with first pattern acorn finial, large escutcheon, three baluster ramrod-pipes, and original brass-capped ramrod (iron parts with surface pitting), London proof marks
39¼in. (99.7cm.)
Literature
W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers 1540-1740, pp. 462-3, plates 209 a-e
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.