BY DURS EGG, LONDON, CIRCA 1800

Details

A Fine Cased 18-Bore Royal D.B. Flintlock Sporting Gun
By Durs Egg, London, circa 1800
With rebrowned twist barrels signed 'D. Egg London' in gold capital letters on the rib and with gold fore-sight, case-hardened patent breeches each with an engraved band of chevron ornament, two gold lines, and gold-lined touch-hole with raised moulding above, finely engraved grooved tang, case-hardened signed engraved bevelled locks each with roller, blued steel-spring, patent steel (refaced) with vent, stepped tail, gold-lined rainproof pan (linings damaged), and original blued finish on the internal working parts, figured walnut half-stock (minor bruises, old minor repairs at the rear of the left lock), chequered grip, raised cheek-piece, finely engraved blued iron mounts decorated with dogs and game birds, trigger-guard in the French taste, case-hardened trigger-plate with urn finial, gold escutcheon engraved with royal owner's crest and coronets, brass-mounted ramrod, and some original finish, the underside of the butt fitted with associated side-nail, the toe stamped with royal inventory marking 'No. 25': in contemporary lined and fitted mahogany case (lid cracked) for gun No. 672 (central partition incomplete), with some accessories including D. Egg Patent powder-flask with angled nozzle, the lid with trade label for circa 1805-1817 and large brass circular escutcheon with integral flush-fitting carrying handle, London proof marks
31in. (78.7cm) barrels

Provenance

Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge, Viceroy of Hanover (1774-1850)

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

When acquired by Keith Neal, the present case contained a converted double-barrelled Durs Egg gun, No. 449, which was sold from his collection in these Rooms, 8 November 1995, lot 17

The Duke of Cambridge shared a keen interest in weapons with his brothers, The Prince of Wales (later King George IV), and the Duke of York
Cf. another of the Duke of Cambridge's double flintlock guns (by Joseph Manton), also from the W. Keith Neal Collection, sold in these Rooms, 9 November 2000, lot 84

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