A Fine Flintlock Royal Mail Guard's Pistol by H. W. Mortimer & Co.
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14 ¾” overall, 9 ½” brass barrel engraved around the muzzle 'For His Majesty's Mail Coaches' & on the top flat 'H W Mortimer & Co London Gunmaker to His Majesty 220’ and ‘York to Scarboro’, stepped bolted lockplate engraved 'H W Mortimer & Co’, swan neck cock & pan with bridle, brass mounts comprising domed butt cap, 'S' shaped side plate & brass ramrod pipes. Walnut full stock with later horn tipped ramrod.
Circa 1789-1806 .
In good condition.
Mortimer & Co a partnership between H.W Mortimer, his son also H.W., and his brother Thomas 1799-1806.
The York to Scarborough Mail Coach ran from about 1798 until replaced by the railway in 1845.