QUALITY**C1840’s English Henry Egg London 120 Bore Percussion Brass Action Ladies Small Muff Pistol With Concealed Folding Trigger, Sliding Safety Bolt & Screw Off Barrel. Sn 22695 None Muzzleloader

**QUALITY**C1840’s English Henry Egg London 120 Bore Percussion Brass Action Ladies Small Muff Pistol With Concealed Folding Trigger, Sliding Safety Bolt & Screw Off Barrel. Sn 22695 - 22695

Henry Egg (1815-1869) son of Joseph Egg, gunmakers (successor to Joseph Manton & Son), 6 Holles Street,Cavendish Square, 1839-1842; 1 Picadilly, 1842-1850; Henry Egg, s.a. 1851-1869; Henry William Egg, s.a. 1869-1880. This is an excellent English percussion pistol by Henry Egg. It is a diminutive just under 5 ¼” overall with a just under 1 ¾” blued screw off steel barrel which is approx. 120 bore, ideal for concealment in a Ladies Muff hand warmer for self protection in the Victorian era. The smoothbore is clean. It has a brass action engraved with foliate decoration, concealed folding blued steel trigger, sliding safety bolt with tooled decoration & blued Dolphin hammer. The top of the barrel is engraved with the maker’s name 'H. Egg London'. The underside of the barrel and frame have English black powder proofs. It has a void oval German silver escutcheon inlaid into the back of the bag shaped Walnut stock grip which is excellent with finely chequered grip panels. The pistol’s action works crisply. The price for this pistol by a prestigious maker includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 22695 (drawers office)

£575.00