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A Cased Pair Of Large 32-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket PistolsBy H.W. Mortimer & Co., London, Gun Makers To His Majesty, Circa 1800
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A Cased Pair Of Large 32-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket Pistols
By H.W. Mortimer & Co., London, Gun Makers To His Majesty, Circa 1800
By H.W. Mortimer & Co., London, Gun Makers To His Majesty, Circa 1800
7.6 cm. barrels
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Provenance:
Christie's South Kensington, Antique Arms, Armour And Collectors Firearms, 23 November 2011, lot 2
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 1816, the year of his retirement to Algar House, Fersfield, Norfolk
For a similar pair of pistols formerly in the W. Keith Neal Collection and sold in these Rooms see Fine Antique Arms & Armour ..., 30 November 2011, lot 388








