A Fine and Rare 10-Bore D.Egg Flintlock Carbine. With round sighted smooth-bore barrel signed along the breech flat ‘D. EGG LONDON’ and stamped with London proofs, plain tang. Stepped border engraved lock flat bevelled lock, signed in script and decorated with a starburst behind the pan and with foliage on the stepped tail, border engraved safety-catch and cock, the latter decorated with a martial trophy (top jaw and screw missing). Figured three-quarter stock with ‘hand-rail’ butt, brass mounts of regulation type comprising butt-plate, trigger guard and ramrod pipes, steel saddle-bar of circular section, sling loop, and stirrup ramrod with spring retainer between the ramrod pipes, London proof marks.

Provenance:

This and the following lot (of a total of eight similar carbines) formed part of a display of arms and armour in the Armoury Hall at Shirburn Castle, Oxfordshire, the seat of the Earls of Macclesfield since 1716, and were probably supplied by Egg to arm a troop of volunteer horse. 

Dimensions:

Bore: 10-Bore

Barrel Length: 14 Inches (35.56 cm)

Overall Length: 27.25 Inches (69.21 cm)