FINE SILVER DUCK'S FOOT PISTOL
A FINE AND RARE HALLMARKED SILVER MINIATURE DUCK’S FOOT FLINTLOCK PISTOL SIGNED TWIGG
This superb miniature Duck’s Foot pistol was made by renowned English miniaturist Peter Dyson in 1990. A piece of Gentleman’s jewellery. It is only 3.2" long. There are four .75" long detachable barrels of hallmarked solid silver with engraved line to muzzles and barrels numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4 with corresponding numbers on the hallmarked silver frame which is border engraved with a stand of arms to each side, signed TWIGG on left side and LONDON on right side within a banner. Working boxlock action with engraved blued flintcock and border engraved sprung frizzen. Silver wire inlaid slab sided walnut stock. Hallmarks to triggerguard, top of action, each barrel and the main one under frame which has makers mark of PD for Peter Dyson, the Tudor rose denoting origin mark of Sheffield, a Lion Passant for the Silver Standard and the date letter of 1990. An exquisite miniature.
Price: £2,950.00
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RARE AIR GUN BY DURS EGG CIRCA 1790
A RARE 40-BORE AIR GUN BY DURS EGG OF LONDON, CIRCA 1790
Air Guns of this period are normally associated with specialist makers such as Edward Bate so it is rare to find an example made by one of the greatest gunmakers of the period, Durs Egg. This superb piece of engineering has a smoothbore 33 3/4" two-stage sighted 40 bore barrel with silver blade fore sight and adjustable notched blued rear sight, octagonal breech with gold line - the top flat signed D EGG LONDON. Stepped bevelled edged lock signed D Egg in script (early style) with engraved cocking lever of flintlock style deliberately without the top jaw. Lockplate engraved with dog looking rearwards at two birds on the wing. Some minor pitting to lockplate and rebrowned barrel.
Figured Walnut half-stock carved in relief with a scallop shell behind the barrel tang (another indicator of early Egg style), butt with incorporated carved cheek-piece and chequered wrist, silver fore-end cap, silver barrel bolt escutcheons. Original iron ramrod. Border line engraved blued iron mounts also engraved with scrolls and foliage in very good condition. Complete with spherical copper reservoir with knurled medial band and threaded brass mount (probably the original). Mechanism not tested but mainspring is strong. Overall length 49 3/8".
To discharge the weapon using the cocking lever, the ball reservoir is pumped with sufficient air pressure which, from experience of users, needs to be pumped up to 2,000 times to enable around a dozen shots without re-pressurizing, amazing and ingeniously engineered air gun for its time.
For a similar air gun by the specialist maker Bate with iron mounts and some damages including stock bruising, fore end chipped and cracked - Christies London, Sale 6542, FINE ANTIQUE FIREARMS FROM THE W KEITH NEAL COLLECTION, 25 October 2001, Lot 26 - A 120-Bore 'Flintlock' Sporting Air Rifle by Edward Bate London Circa 1770. (Price realised: £5,640)
Price: £4,750.00
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The price includes UK mainland delivery. No licence is required to possess this item in the UK if owned as a curio as part of a collection or display.
