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A Very Fine Cased Pair Of 32-Bore Saw-Handled Flintlock Duelling PistolsBy H.W. Mortimer & Son, 89 Fleet St.t., London, Gun-Maker To His Majesty, No. 1324, Circa 1810
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By H.W. Mortimer & Son, 89 Fleet St.t., London, Gun-Maker To His Majesty, No. 1324, Circa 1810
By H.W. Mortimer & Son, 89 Fleet St.t., London, Gun-Maker To His Majesty, No. 1324, Circa 1810
24.8 cm. barrels
Footnotes
Provenance:
Christie's London, Antique Arms and Armour, 11 May 1983, lot 146
Literature:
H. Lee Munson, The Mortimer Gunmakers 1753-1923, 1992, p. 288. For an example of the trade label see p. 276 and for an account of 'secret' rifling see p. 186, pl. 287
Harvey Walklate 2 Mortimer was apprenticed to his father in 1791. He was in partnership with his father and uncle as H.W. Mortimer, Son & T. Mortimer between 1800 and 1806, with his father as H. W. Mortimer & Son from 1806 to 1813 and on his own account as a gunmaker at 89 Fleet Street from 1814 to 1822
For an exceptional pair of very similar pistols (serial no. 1423) by the same maker and sold in these Rooms, see Fine Antique Arms and Armour Including items removed from the Carl Beck Foundation, Sursee, 29 July 2004, lot 539








