Product Details
A FINE CASED PAIR OF 46-BORE PERCUSSION PISTOLS OF DUELLING STYLE BY JOSEPH EGG, LONDON, serial no's. 2878,
circa 1830, with browned octagonal 9in. barrels signed in gilt on the top-flat 'J. EGG, LONDON', bead fore-sight, gold band and notch rear-sight at breech, engraved top-tangs, engraved nipple bolsters with vented platinum plugs, diminutive isolated back-action border and acanthus leaf engraved locks signed 'JOSEPH EGG', dolphin headed hammers with engraved slab sides, walnut half-stocks with chequered pistol-grips and engraved iron 'skull-splitter' pommels, square-backed blued trigger-guards, single set triggers, white-metal fore-end caps and horn-tipped mahogany ramrods, both pistols retaining much original finish and colour and complete with their manufacturer's walnut case with 'Corner of Piccadilly, Haymarket' address and retaining a period loading rod and nipple cleaned together with a later mould
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Estimate £3,000-5,000