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Flintlock Side Action Travelling Pistols by H.W.Mortimer & Co. SN 8683
Flintlock Side Action Travelling Pistols by H.W.Mortimer & Co. SN 8683
Flintlock Side Action Travelling Pistols by H.W.Mortimer & Co. SN 8683
Flintlock Side Action Travelling Pistols by H.W.Mortimer & Co. SN 8683
Flintlock Side Action Travelling Pistols by H.W.Mortimer & Co. SN 8683
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A Pair of Rare Flintlock Side Action Travelling Pistols by H.W.Mortimer & Co. SN 8683

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A pair of rare Flintlock side action Travelling Pistols by H.W.Mortimer & Co.

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6 ¾” overall, 1 ¾” turn-off barrels numbered '1' and '2' beneath and struck with London view and proof marks, rounded breeches signed in full ‘ H.W.Mortimer & Co London Gun Maker to His Majesty’ on a long curling scroll carried by trophies-of-arms, finely engraved tangs decorated with conventional foliage, rounded side-action locks fitted with border-engraved cocks , semi-rainproof pans, rollers, bolt safety-catches, and folding triggers , and highly figured finely chequered butts with characteristic spirally carved pommels.

Very fine pocket pistols ,in good condition ,one with minor pitting to rear of the barrel.

Circa 1799 -1806 

 Mortimer & Co a partnership between H.W Mortimer ,his son also H.W and his brother Thomas 1799-1806.

Provenance Norm Flayderman 1974, catalogue number 96. The Estate of Howard Lee Munson (1940-2019) Literature H. Lee Munson, The Mortimer Gunmakers 1753-1923, Rhode Island 1992, p. 211.