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A 16-BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN
BY H.W. MORTIMER, LONDON, GUN MAKER TO HIS MAJESTY, CIRCA 1785
With signed two-stage rebrowned twist barrel, silver spider fore-sight and gold-lined touch-hole, case-hardened tang engraved with a bird, signed flat case-hardened lock engraved with a pointer in a landscape on the tail, and with roller and raised pan, the inside with pierced and engraved bridle, and much original blued finish, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip and fore-end, engraved iron mounts retaining traces of original blue, the trigger-guard finial in the form of a hen with her chicks, horn fore-end cap, iron barrel-bolt escutcheons, and original horn-tipped ramrod with worm, London proof marks
36¾in. barrel
BY H.W. MORTIMER, LONDON, GUN MAKER TO HIS MAJESTY, CIRCA 1785
With signed two-stage rebrowned twist barrel, silver spider fore-sight and gold-lined touch-hole, case-hardened tang engraved with a bird, signed flat case-hardened lock engraved with a pointer in a landscape on the tail, and with roller and raised pan, the inside with pierced and engraved bridle, and much original blued finish, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip and fore-end, engraved iron mounts retaining traces of original blue, the trigger-guard finial in the form of a hen with her chicks, horn fore-end cap, iron barrel-bolt escutcheons, and original horn-tipped ramrod with worm, London proof marks
36¾in. barrel
Provenance
Eleanor, Lady Abercromby, Forglen House, Turriff, sold in these Rooms, 18 December 1974, Lot 156