A Percussion Shot Gun

A 6-Bore Percussion Sporting Gun by D.Egg of London.
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A 6-Bore Percussion Sporting Gun by D.Egg of London. With sighted round barrel signed, ‘EGG LONDON’ on the top flat, beautifully engraved breech with double gold line, profusely engraved barrel tang, signed border engraved lock, decorated with scrolling foliage throughout, the cock decorated en suite, half-stocked in walnut, cut with a band of chequering at the wrist and a band at the fore-end, blued steel mounts comprising butt-plate, foliate engraved trigger guard and ramrod pipes, complete with original ramrod with worm. 


EGG

Durs (Exors of) George Frederick Egg (son) & Frederick Nicholls Devey (son-in-law) Gunmakers, 1 Pall Mall Colonnade, London 1832-37. Business run by John Egg, his advert in Bells Life in London (9 Dec 1832) pledged to maintain the long standing reputation of the name. 

Durs (John trading as) Gunmaker, 4 Pall Mall Colonnade, 1841-65. 


Howard L. Blackmore (1986) Gunmakers Of London, 1350-1850. George Shumway Publisher. USA. 


Dimensions:

Bore: 6-Bore

Barrel Length: 83 cm

Overall Length: 125 cm

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