Over-and-Under Flintlock Pocket Pistol of the Hughes of Gwerclas Family with Case and Accessories ca. 1815-20 Joseph Egg Diminutive in size and elegant in form, small side-lock pistols like this one were one of Joseph Eggs specialties, prized for their precision craftsmanship and jewel-like quality, as well as their convenience as pocketable weapons. Its novel single-trigger mechanism, designed by Egg, allowed for the barrels to be fired in succession with two pulls of the trigger. Egg made similar pocket pistols for the Prince of Wales after he became Prince Regent and his younger brother, Prince Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (1763-1827). This particular pistol belonged to a member of a Welsh royal family, Hughes of Gwerclas, whose arms are engraved on the gold pommel cap.The finest London firearms made in the classic British style of the early nineteenth century rank among the most stately and innovative in the history of gunmaking. They are immediately recognizable by

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Over-and-Under Flintlock Pocket Pistol of the Hughes of Gwerclas Family with Case and Accessories ca. 1815-20 Joseph Egg Diminutive in size and elegant in form, small side-lock pistols like this one were one of Joseph Eggs specialties, prized for their precision craftsmanship and jewel-like quality, as well as their convenience as pocketable weapons. Its novel single-trigger mechanism, designed by Egg, allowed for the barrels to be fired in succession with two pulls of the trigger. Egg made similar pocket pistols for the Prince of Wales after he became Prince Regent and his younger brother, Prince Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (1763-1827). This particular pistol belonged to a member of a Welsh royal family, Hughes of Gwerclas, whose arms are engraved on the gold pommel cap.The finest London firearms made in the classic British style of the early nineteenth century rank among the most stately and innovative in the history of gunmaking. They are immediately recognizable by

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