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Durs Egg

Career Manufacturer

Biography According to maker's label, "D. Egg. Gun-maker to His Majesty, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, etc., 132 Strand, London." Swiss-born English gun-maker noted for his flintlock pistols and rifle [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 26/04/2007] This may have been his company rather than him

Biography References http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durs_Egg

County London [Greater]

Relationship Maker

Archaeological or Ethnographic Ethnography

Collected around 1939

Dates active 1748-1834

Donated around 1939

English collections Air-gun

Oxford Uni Education No

Oxford based No

English collection size 1

Connections Henry Balfour

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