A Fine Pair Of Cased 15-Bore Flintlock Duelling Pistols
By T.J. Mortimer, St. James's St., Maker To His Majesty, London, No. 1204, Circa 1825
With re-browned twist octagonal barrels each engraved 'Maker to his Majesty, London' in scrolled gothic script between foliage along the top flats at the breech, copper fore-sights, case-hardened breeches each engraved with martial trophies between engraved platinum lines on the top flats, platinum-lined touch-holes, case-hardened foliate engraved tangs each with back-sight, case-hardened border engraved flat bevelled detented locks each signed in part gothic script and decorated with foliage involving a martial trophy at the stepped rounded tail, engraved safety-catches, rainproof pans, and blued steel-springs each with roller, cocks decorated en suite including the top jaws, highly figured half-stocks each with chequered rounded butt and silver fore-end cap, blued steel trigger-guards (one with some loss of finish) each decorated en suite with the locks on the bow and with foliate engraved pineapple-shaped finial, turned blued ramrod-pipes, adjustable set triggers, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, original brass-mounted ramrods, and much original finish: in original brass-mounted mahogany case fitted and lined in navy blue velvet with two spare mainsprings and accessories including brass-mounted three-way powder-flask covered in red leather (dented and worn), steel bullet mould, and brass-tipped loading rod with worm, the interior of the lid with large illustrated trade label (minor damage), the exterior with circular flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks
23.8 cm. barrels