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A 50-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Over-And-Under Tap-Action Overcoat PistolBy H.W. Mortimer, London, Gun Maker To His Majesty, Circa 1800
27 November 2013, 13:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,625 inc. premium
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A 50-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Over-And-Under Tap-Action Overcoat Pistol
By H.W. Mortimer, London, Gun Maker To His Majesty, Circa 1800
By H.W. Mortimer, London, Gun Maker To His Majesty, Circa 1800
With turn-off barrels each engraved with a band of foliage and numbered '2' and '3' respectively at the breeches, border engraved action signed within a scroll against a martial trophy on one side, and engraved 'Gun-Maker To His Majesty' on a scroll against a martial trophy and foliage on the other, engraved thumbpiece safety-catch also locking the steel, ring-neck cock (top jaw missing, screw incomplete), folding trigger, and figured flat-sided butt (some bruising, russet overall), London proof marks
4 cm. barrels
4 cm. barrels
Footnotes
Harvey Walklate Mortimer (1753-1819) was appointed Gunmaker to George III in 1783. He was at 89 Fleet Street between 1782 and 1799 and was Contractor to the East India Company from 1796 until 1806. He retired in 1811 and died in 1819








