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A Fine And Rare Pair Of 50-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket PistolsBy H.W. Mortimer, London, Gun-Maker To His Majesty, Circa 1795
30 November 2016, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £9,375 inc. premium
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By H.W. Mortimer, London, Gun-Maker To His Majesty, Circa 1795
By H.W. Mortimer, London, Gun-Maker To His Majesty, Circa 1795
With case-hardened barrels (minor staining) each engraved with a band of repeated foliate at the breech, case-hardened breeches each signed on a scroll against a martial trophy, starbursts and foliage, border engraved integral actions each with engraved blued safety-catch also locking the steel, case-hardened 'swan-neck' cocks each with blued retaining screw, top jaw and screw, blued steel-springs each with foliate tang each engraved with starburst, blued folding triggers, deeply chequered figured rounded butts each with carved spirally-fluted pommel and rayed cap, the border of both finely pricked, border engraved silver escutcheons engraved with owner's foliate initials 'NR', and retaining most of their original finish, London proof marks, one pistol with * assembly mark on the barrel and breech (2)
4 cm. barrels
4 cm. barrels
Footnotes
Literature
Thomas J. Mortimer, Guns Review, vol. 19, no. 5 (May 1979)
Munson, pp. 213-214, pls. 342-345
For this and the following lot see footnote to lot 392








