A RARE PAIR OF SCOTTISH 32-BORE OVER AND UNDER BOXLOCK PERCUSSION BELT PISTOLS IN THEIR ORIGINAL HOLSTERS

SIGNED T.E. MORTIMER, EDINBURGH, CIRCA 1850

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A RARE PAIR OF SCOTTISH 32-BORE OVER AND UNDER BOXLOCK PERCUSSION BELT PISTOLS IN THEIR ORIGINAL HOLSTERS
SIGNED T.E. MORTIMER, EDINBURGH, CIRCA 1850
EACH WITH FLUTED BARREL-BLOCK ENGRAVED WITH A BAND OF FOLIAGE AT EACH MUZZLE, THE UPPER BARREL WITH FORE-SIGHT AND SIGNED 'T.E. MORTIMER, EDINBURGH', BORDER AND SCROLL ENGRAVED ACTION RETAINING SOME ORIGINAL CASE-HARDENED FINISH, BLUED BELT-HOOK AND TRIGGERS, CHEQUERED FIGURED WALNUT BUTT, SILVER ESCUTCHEON, BORDER ENGRAVED BUTT-CAP WITH HINGED TRAP-COVER ENGRAVED WITH A FLOWER-HEAD, BORDER AND SCROLL ENGRAVED TRIGGER-GUARD, AND STIRRUP RAMROD, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, IN ORIGINAL BROWN LEATHER FLAP HOLSTER
4¾IN. (12.1CM.) BARRELS (2)

Provenance

BENN HUNTER COLLECTION, BONHAMS, LONDON, 24TH FEBRUARY 2000, LOT 175.

Literature

H. LEE MUNSON, THE MORTIMER GUNMAKERS 1753-1923, PP. 124-7, PLS. 187-8.

Lot Essay

THOMAS ELSWORTH MORTIMER, SON OF THOMAS JACKSON MORTIMER, MOVED FROM LONDON TO EDINBURGH IN 1834 FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER. WHILST ESTABLISHING HIMSELF IN PRINCES STREET HE BRIEFLY CONTINUED THE LONDON BRANCH OF THE BUSINESS IN ST. JAMES'S IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HIS MOTHER, ELIZABETH. THE FIRM MOVED TO GEORGE STREET IN EDINBURGH IN 1840 AND WAS TO REMAIN THERE UNTIL AMALAMATION WITH JOHN DICKSON & SON IN 1935.

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