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Oh Hell, Joseph Egg Officers Pistols
      #243747 - 14/03/14 12:00 AM



















What's a man to do?

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Re: Oh Hell, Joseph Egg Officers Pistols [Re: CptCurl]
      #243748 - 14/03/14 12:29 AM

They are beautiful and would be a joy to see in real life!

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Re: Oh Hell, Joseph Egg Officers Pistols [Re: CptCurl]
      #243751 - 14/03/14 01:09 AM

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What's a man to do?

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Re: Oh Hell, Joseph Egg Officers Pistols [Re: NitroX]
      #243753 - 14/03/14 01:17 AM

They are beautiful and would be wonderful to shoot.

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Re: Oh Hell, Joseph Egg Officers Pistols [Re: DarylS]
      #243759 - 14/03/14 02:44 AM

They are simply magnificent.

What to do? A gentleman should buy them.


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Re: Oh Hell, Joseph Egg Officers Pistols [Re: MikeRowe]
      #243761 - 14/03/14 03:07 AM

What do you think Julia will get for them? To my recollection J. Egg will bring a small fortune.

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Re: Oh Hell, Joseph Egg Officers Pistols [Re: poprivit]
      #243763 - 14/03/14 03:39 AM

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What do you think Julia will get for them? To my recollection J. Egg will bring a small fortune.




Anyone got a small fortune they can spare?


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Re: Oh Hell, Joseph Egg Officers Pistols [Re: Oldbrit]
      #243778 - 14/03/14 07:47 AM

They are a really cool pair.

.75 caliber! 12 bore pistols.

They are headed to Virginia to reside with a very deserving collector.

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Re: Oh Hell, Joseph Egg Officers Pistols [Re: poprivit]
      #243779 - 14/03/14 07:48 AM

Sold for 20.7K plus commission

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Re: Oh Hell, Joseph Egg Officers Pistols [Re: CptCurl]
      #243780 - 14/03/14 07:51 AM

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EXCEPTIONAL HIGH CONDITION CASED PAIR OF JOSEPH EGG FLINTLOCK OFFICERS PISTOLS. SN NSN. Cal. .75. These high quality, military caliber, horseman’s pistols with 8" twist ovate bbls fitted with U-notch rear and silver blade front sights, are engraved “Joseph, Egg. No 1 Piccadilly London” in script on top flats. Each bbl has gold band at rear, and platinum touch hole. Captive bridled ramrods mount to heavy bosses under muzzles. Locks with semi-waterproof pans, bridled frizzens with large rollers on springs, back sliding safeties, and serpentine cocks, have chamfered plates with rebated pointed tails. Rear portion of plates and flat body of cocks have floral engraving. “Joseph Egg” is engraved under each pan. Dense, nicely figured European walnut stocks have horn tips, and fully checkered bag grips. Trigger guards with floral engraving on bows extend to classic pineapple finials. Rectangular crest plates with clipped corners behind breech irons, are each engraved with a horse. Stocks mount to bbls with single captive side nail with no escutcheons. Orig makers mahogany case with key lock closure, and with ebony key escutcheon, is lined in pilled green baize, and has orig paper Joseph Egg label on lid. Case contains a number of lead balls in central compartment and under one covered compartment, a second covered compartment is empty, a fine early rosewood cleaning rod with brush, scraper, and jag, early double bladed walnut handled turnscrew with brass vent pick/ blade guard, and a cleaning brush. PROVENANCE: Robert H. Haskell, III Estate Collection. CONDITION: Excellent, as found. Bbls retain 80 – 90% orig brown, silvering on sharp edges. Locks and breech irons retain a great deal of their orig case hardening color under a layer of dust and grime. Trigger guards and thimbles retain nearly all of their charcoal blue. One thimble is considerably flaked. Stocks retain nearly all their orig finish with some dull spots and a few minor marks. Bores are very fine with a few minor pits. Locks and frizzens are crisp. Safeties work. Exterior of case retains most of what appears to be an old refinish over a number of scratches and marks, and some minor repairs. Bottom board has two cracks. Interior cloth is extremely fine, with some light rubs and marks from contact with guns and accessories. Partitions are solid. Label is extremely fine, unsoiled, with two minor tears. Accessories are also very fine. A truly exceptional pair of flintlock man stoppers, by this highly regarded maker, nephew of Durs Egg, who was working at 1 Piccadilly from 1814 – 1834.





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Re: Oh Hell, Joseph Egg Officers Pistols [Re: dons]
      #243781 - 14/03/14 07:54 AM

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Sold for 20.7K plus commission




No. The $20.7k includes the commission. The bid was $18k.

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Re: Oh Hell, Joseph Egg Officers Pistols [Re: CptCurl]
      #243786 - 14/03/14 10:04 AM

If there were in OZ at some time then I've seen and handled them. They are very fine.

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Re: Oh Hell, Joseph Egg Officers Pistols [Re: kamilaroi]
      #243788 - 14/03/14 10:13 AM

.75 = 11 bores! Yeah - I know it's quibbling.

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Re: Oh Hell, Joseph Egg Officers Pistols [Re: DarylS]
      #243795 - 14/03/14 11:34 AM

Swoon!

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Re: Oh Hell, Joseph Egg Officers Pistols [Re: tinker]
      #243806 - 14/03/14 06:00 PM

Beautiful pistols!

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Re: Oh Hell, Joseph Egg Officers Pistols [Re: DarylS]
      #243810 - 14/03/14 10:03 PM

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.75 = 11 bores! Yeah - I know it's quibbling.




A 12b ball is .735" from my Lyman mould. A nice thick patch will work perfectly with that.

Now I just need a horse, a pair of saddle holsters, a Wilkinson saber, and a Redcoat uniform of sufficient rank.

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Re: Oh Hell, Joseph Egg Officers Pistols [Re: CptCurl]
      #243834 - 15/03/14 12:46 PM

Now that is money extremely well converted. Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Oh Hell, Joseph Egg Officers Pistols [Re: underlever]
      #243844 - 15/03/14 06:06 PM

IIRC the Egg family (Durs being the head) fled Switzerland to London due to religious persecution.

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Re: Oh Hell, Joseph Egg Officers Pistols [Re: kamilaroi]
      #244483 - 27/03/14 12:01 PM

The pistols arrived today. I haven't had much time with them, but I did carefully remove the locks to see the beauty inside.

After 200 years:





These photos don't do justice to the fine locks you are seeing. After 200 years they look mirror bright, in perfect condition. They will last another 200 years for sure.

More later.

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Re: Oh Hell, Joseph Egg Officers Pistols [Re: CptCurl]
      #244496 - 27/03/14 06:03 PM

I can´t wait to hear how they shoot

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Re: Oh Hell, Joseph Egg Officers Pistols [Re: Mike_Bailey]
      #244499 - 27/03/14 08:20 PM

Nice!!



Can't wait for the field report.


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Re: Oh Hell, Joseph Egg Officers Pistols [Re: tinker]
      #244502 - 28/03/14 12:07 AM

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Can't wait for the field report.




That will depend on who wins the Virginian's first duel ...

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Re: Oh Hell, Joseph Egg Officers Pistols [Re: NitroX]
      #245087 - 05/04/14 10:20 PM



Now in hand, and with teeth in their jaws!

These are fantastic!

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Re: Oh Hell, Joseph Egg Officers Pistols [Re: CptCurl]
      #245111 - 06/04/14 04:20 AM

Just loverly!

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Re: Oh Hell, Joseph Egg Officers Pistols [Re: DarylS]
      #245113 - 06/04/14 07:18 AM

Smoke.
I see no smoke...


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