An unusual 11-bore flintlock militia musket

BY H.W. MORTIMER & CO., LONDON, CIRCA 1800

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An unusual 11-bore flintlock militia musket
by H.W. Mortimer & Co., London, circa 1800
With tapering barrel retained by three barrel-bolts, turned at the rear of the breech and inscribed 'London', plain tang, signed flat lock with roller and rainproof pan, the steel-spring adjustable for tension, figured walnut three-quarter stock, chequered grip and fore-end, the former with inset brass escutcheon engraved 'H. Tripp', brass mounts including fore-end cap and solid side-plate, and original iron ramrod, London proof marks
39¼in. (99.7cm.) barrel

Lot Essay

The firm of H.W. Mortimer & Co. was formed in 1799 and ended in 1806
Cf. a gun by H.W. Mortimer & Son with a similar adjustable steel-spring sold in these Rooms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 8 November 1995, lot 146
A similar musket, used by H.W. Mortimer Jr. while serving in the Law Association Volunteers, is described and illustrated in H. Lee Munson, The Mortimer Gunmakers 1753-1923, pp. 83-86, plates 120-123

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