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Pistols and Case

Manufacturer Durs Egg (British, 1748–1831)

CultureEnglish

Date1810

MediumWood, steel, brass and silver

DimensionsOverall: 16 in. (40.6 cm)

InscribedMarked on top of barrel: "D. Egg London" and on the lock plate "D. Egg". Round silver box in case is engraved: "John Myers/Norfolk/1810". "#119" is written in ink inside of top on wood edge about center. A label inside of top reads: "Joseph Sprately/Gun Maker/has on hand/guns, pistols, locks, and mountings/of every description/Norfolk, Virginia". A label in center of lid reads: "From the Haymarket/No 132 Strand, London. D. EGG/PATENT/GUN MAKER/To His Majesty, Prince of Wales, Duke of York & c & c e". Newspaper clipping is titled "A Memorable Duel".

Credit LineMoses Myers House Collection, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA

Object number71.33.2

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, MMH, Hall Below

DescriptionA brace of pistols with original fitted case. Also, a powder flask, bullet mould and ramrod with cleaning attachment and a small key. Also, a newspaper clipping of a duel and a typed copy of said clipping and two labels.

Label TextDurs Egg, London Pistols and Case, 1810 Wood, steel, brass and silver Collection Chrysler Museum of Art, Moses Myers House 71.33.2 Exhibition HistoryMyers House Published ReferencesGene Williamson, "The Court of Last Resort," AMERICAN HISTORY, February 1999, p. 34-41, 66-67., color ill. p. 2, 34-35. Allyson Patton, "Time Capsule, Objects in History," AMERICAN HISTORY, February 1999, p. 68 Janine Peterson, "Pistols at Ten Paces," _Military History_ Volume 23, No. 10 (Jan/Feb 2007): pp. 64-67. Martha Frick Symington Sanger, _Maryland Blood: An American Family in War and Peace, The Hambletons 1657 to the Present_, (Baltimore, Maryland Historical Society, 2016), p. 125.