10inch sighted, browned, octagonal damascus barrel with case colour platinum lined stepped breech inlaid with a gold maker's tablet TATHAM & EGG, case colour hardened stepped and bolted lock decorated with scrolling foliage, stand of arms, flash and signed in script Tatham & Egg, half stocked with border engraved steel mounts, the trigger guard decorated with a stand of arms, rubbed, chequered wooden grip, the stepped butt cap engraved Tatham & Egg's Improvement 1370, rectangular white metal escutcheon with clipped corners and engraved with a crest, a tiger's head and the motto DEM SPIROVIVO, white metal topped wooden ramrod.
Sold for £3,000
10inch sighted, browned, octagonal damascus barrel with case colour platinum lined stepped breech inlaid with a gold maker's tablet TATHAM & EGG, case colour hardened stepped and bolted lock decorated with scrolling foliage, stand of arms, flash and signed in script Tatham & Egg, half stocked with border engraved steel mounts, the trigger guard decorated with a stand of arms, rubbed, chequered wooden grip, the stepped butt cap engraved Tatham & Egg's Improvement 1370, rectangular white metal escutcheon with clipped corners and engraved with a crest, a tiger's head and the motto DEM SPIROVIVO, white metal topped wooden ramrod.
Auction: AUTUMN VIRTUAL FINE ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOUR AUCTION, 27th Nov, 2024