Product Details
A PAIR OF 48-BORE FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOLS SIGNED H.W. MORTIMER, GUN MAKER TO HIS MAJESTY, in an adapted case,
circa 1795, with round 2 1/2in. turn-off barrels (one frozen), engraved band at the join, London proofs, squared boxlock actions signed 'H.W. MORTIMER LONDON' in a banded oval on the left and 'GUN MAKER TO HIS MAJESTY' in a similar oval on the right, central cocks, semi rainproof pans, sliding safes to the top-tangs surrounding the cocks and also locking the pans when engaged, walnut slab-sided butts and concealed automatic triggers, together with a period two-tier walnut case adapted for these pistols and also including an embossed flask, scissors ball-mould, oil-bottle and an unattached facsimile trade-label
Provenance: As Lot 467, there is a possibility that these pistols may also be the work of the elusive Harvey Walklate Mortimer Jnr.
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Estimate £800-1,200