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拍品專文
Compact and refined, small side-lock pistols like this were among Joseph Egg’s specialties. Renowned for their precision craftsmanship and jewel-like quality, they offered both elegance and practicality as pocketable weapons. Egg’s innovative single-trigger mechanism allowed the barrels to fire sequentially with two pulls of the trigger. He produced similar pistols for the Prince of Wales after his appointment as Prince Regent, as well as for his brother, Prince Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (1763–1827). A similar pistol owned by a member of the Welsh royal family, Hughes of Gwerclas, is preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art accession no. 19.53.111a–d.
The finest London firearms of the early nineteenth century exemplify the classic British style—stately, innovative, and technically refined. Distinguished by elegant proportions, restrained ornamentation, and flawless mechanics, these weapons prioritized purity of form over lavish decoration, reflecting the Neoclassical aesthetic then in vogue and departing from the ornate traditions of Continental Europe.
The finest London firearms of the early nineteenth century exemplify the classic British style—stately, innovative, and technically refined. Distinguished by elegant proportions, restrained ornamentation, and flawless mechanics, these weapons prioritized purity of form over lavish decoration, reflecting the Neoclassical aesthetic then in vogue and departing from the ornate traditions of Continental Europe.