A FINE CASED PAIR OF 16-BORE SILVER-MOUNTED BRASS-BARRELLED PERCUSSION PISTOLS
BY MORTIMER & SON, LONDON, SERIAL NO. 1123, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1807
A FINE CASED PAIR OF 16-BORE SILVER-MOUNTED BRASS-BARRELLED PERCUSSION PISTOLS BY MORTIMER & SON, LONDON, SERIAL NO. 1123, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1807 WITH HEAVY OCTAGONAL BRASS BARRELS EACH SIGNED 'H.W. MORTIMER & SON LONDON - GUN MAKERS TO HIS MAJESTY' AND ENGRAVED WITH BAND OF FOLIAGE AT THE BREECH, PERCUSSION DRUMS EACH WITH PIERCED PLATINUM PLUG, ENGRAVED IRON TANGS EACH INCORPORATING THE REAR-SIGHT, ENGRAVED FLAT CASE-HARDENED BOLTED DETENTED LOCKS EACH SIGNED 'H.W. MORTIMER & SON FLEET ST.T', FIGURED WALNUT FULL STOCKS EACH WITH FINELY CHEQUERED BUTT, SILVER MOUNTS INCLUDING TRIGGER-GUARDS EACH ENGRAVED WITH A TROPHY OF ARMS ON THE BOW AND WITH PINEAPPLE FINIAL, SILVER ESCUTCHEONS AND BARREL-BOLT ESCUTCHEONS, AND ORIGINAL HARDWOOD RAMRODS EACH WITH WHITE METAL TIP AND BRASS-MOUNTED WORM, CONVERTED FROM FLINTLOCK, LONDON PROOF MARKS, IN ASSOCIATED RELINED AND FITTED MAHOGANY CASE WITH ACCESSORIES INCLUDING BULLET MOULD AND IVORY POT, THE LID WITH MORTIMER & SON TRADE LABEL OF CIRCA 1812-16, THE EXTERIOR WITH FLUSH-FITTING BRASS CARRYING HANDLE AND CIRCULAR BRASS ESCUTCHEON 9½IN. (24.1CM.) BARRELS
A FINE CASED PAIR OF 16-BORE SILVER-MOUNTED BRASS-BARRELLED PERCUSSION PISTOLS
BY MORTIMER & SON, LONDON, SERIAL NO. 1123, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1807
A FINE CASED PAIR OF 16-BORE SILVER-MOUNTED BRASS-BARRELLED PERCUSSION PISTOLS BY MORTIMER & SON, LONDON, SERIAL NO. 1123, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1807 WITH HEAVY OCTAGONAL BRASS BARRELS EACH SIGNED 'H.W. MORTIMER & SON LONDON - GUN MAKERS TO HIS MAJESTY' AND ENGRAVED WITH BAND OF FOLIAGE AT THE BREECH, PERCUSSION DRUMS EACH WITH PIERCED PLATINUM PLUG, ENGRAVED IRON TANGS EACH INCORPORATING THE REAR-SIGHT, ENGRAVED FLAT CASE-HARDENED BOLTED DETENTED LOCKS EACH SIGNED 'H.W. MORTIMER & SON FLEET ST.T', FIGURED WALNUT FULL STOCKS EACH WITH FINELY CHEQUERED BUTT, SILVER MOUNTS INCLUDING TRIGGER-GUARDS EACH ENGRAVED WITH A TROPHY OF ARMS ON THE BOW AND WITH PINEAPPLE FINIAL, SILVER ESCUTCHEONS AND BARREL-BOLT ESCUTCHEONS, AND ORIGINAL HARDWOOD RAMRODS EACH WITH WHITE METAL TIP AND BRASS-MOUNTED WORM, CONVERTED FROM FLINTLOCK, LONDON PROOF MARKS, IN ASSOCIATED RELINED AND FITTED MAHOGANY CASE WITH ACCESSORIES INCLUDING BULLET MOULD AND IVORY POT, THE LID WITH MORTIMER & SON TRADE LABEL OF CIRCA 1812-16, THE EXTERIOR WITH FLUSH-FITTING BRASS CARRYING HANDLE AND CIRCULAR BRASS ESCUTCHEON 9½IN. (24.1CM.) BARRELS
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