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A Pair Of 34-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket PistolsBy H.W. Mortimer & Co., London, Gun-Maker To His Majesty, Circa 1800
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By H.W. Mortimer & Co., London, Gun-Maker To His Majesty, Circa 1800
By H.W. Mortimer & Co., London, Gun-Maker To His Majesty, Circa 1800
4.7 cm. barrels
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Provenance
W. Keith Neal Collection, P344/5
Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 9 November 2000, lot 188
Sold in these Rooms, Fine Antique Arms & Armour..., 30 November 2011, lot 388
Literature
Munson, pp. 208-209, pp. 336
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, London, from 1814 to 1816, the year of his retirement to Algar House, Fersfield, Norfolk








