WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR 5 MAY 2018

Firearms 278 Naval cannon balls. Four iron 32-pounder cannon balls. Estimate €150-€200 approx (£130-£170 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 278 279 18th century Irish brass-barrelled fowling-piece, by Egan, Parsonstown (Birr). A flintlock sporting gun, the barrel with slightly flared muzzle, named at the breech to ‘EGAN - PARSONS - TOWN’, the side-plate, trigger-guard, butt-plate, thumb-piece, front-sight and ramrod pipes of white metal, the side guard engraved ‘Bequeated (sic.) to - Patrick Egan - at the behest of his father -1778’. The barrel stamped with 1840s Irish firearm registration stamp KS 9584. Total length 51.50in. (130.8cm) Estimate €2,000-€3,000 approx (£1,750-£2,620 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 279