A Very Fine Cased Pair of Flintlock Duelling Pistols by Durs Egg. 15 ½” overall, 10” sighted octagonal 32 bore barrels signed in gold ‘D Egg London’, blade fore sight, adjustable standing rear sights. London Proofs on underside, finely engraved tangs, the stepped lockplates engraved at tails. The lockplates scroll engraved ‘D. Egg’ with safety bolts & engraved swan necked cocks, semi water proof gold lined pans, roller on the frizzen springs. Walnut half stocks with coarsely chequered butts & engraved iron furniture, consisting of small buttcaps, steel fore end & spurred long trigger guards engraved with trophy of arms, set triggers. Vacant oval gold escutcheon on the wrist, with one Egg steel rammer & one horn tipped rammer. In their original course green baize lined mahogany case with inset brass handle engraved ‘Pattullo’, accessories including two way red leather covered flask, turn screw, bullet mould & loading rod with a jag.
Circa 1795.
Very good pistols in good condition some original finish on locks and mounts, barrels with faded original finish.
Possibly Captain Archibald Pattullo, Madras Cavalry killed at Redan 1824
Durs Egg Son of Leonz Egg, gunmaker, Switzerland. Born 1748, baptised Urs Christian. After a short stay in Paris came to London and worked for John Twigg 1772. Granted denization in 1791. Gunmaker & Sword Cutler. Became gunmaker to George IV & Duke of York.
From The Peter Frazer Collcetion