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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A PAIR OF 40-BORE FLINTLOCK BOXLOCK POCKET PISTOLS
BY H.W. MORTIMER & CO., LONDON, CIRCA 1800-1805
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A PAIR OF 40-BORE FLINTLOCK BOXLOCK POCKET PISTOLS
BY H.W. MORTIMER & CO., LONDON, CIRCA 1800-1805
Each with turn-off barrel, one numbered '1', action engraved on each side with a trophy respectively signed 'H.W. MORTIMER & CO. LONDON' and 'GUN MAKERS TO HIS MAJESTY' (both cocks replaced), thumb-piece safety-catch also locking the steel, folding trigger, and later flat-sided hardwood butts (some discolouration throughout), London proof marks
2½in. (6.4cm.) barrels (2)
BY H.W. MORTIMER & CO., LONDON, CIRCA 1800-1805
Each with turn-off barrel, one numbered '1', action engraved on each side with a trophy respectively signed 'H.W. MORTIMER & CO. LONDON' and 'GUN MAKERS TO HIS MAJESTY' (both cocks replaced), thumb-piece safety-catch also locking the steel, folding trigger, and later flat-sided hardwood butts (some discolouration throughout), London proof marks
2½in. (6.4cm.) barrels (2)