拍品專文
PLEASE SEE FOOTNOTE TO LOT 186.
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BY MORTIMER & SON, LONDON, CIRCA 1810
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AN 18-BORE DOUBLE-BARRELLED FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN
BY MORTIMER & SON, LONDON, CIRCA 1810
WITH SLIGHTLY SHORTENED REBROWNED TWIST BARRELS, SILVER FORE-SIGHT, RECESSED PATENT BREECHES EACH WITH PLATINUM-LINED MAKER'S STAMP 'MORTIMER & SON LONDON', SINGLE PLATINUM-INLAID LINE AND PLATINUM-LINED TOUCH-HOLE, THE RIB BETWEEN ENGRAVED WITH A SUNBURST, FOLIATE ENGRAVED GROOVED TANG, ENGRAVED FLAT LOCKS EACH SIGNED 'MORTIMER & SON ST. JAMES'S STREET' AND WITH 'FRENCH' COCK, RAINPROOF PAN AND ROLLER, WELL FIGURED WALNUT HALF-STOCK WITH CHEQUERED GRIP, ENGRAVED IRON MOUNTS INCLUDING REBLUED TRIGGER-GUARD WITH PINEAPPLE FINIAL, SILVER ESCUTCHEON AND BARREL-BOLT ESCUTCHEONS, AND LATER BRASS-MOUNTED RAMROD WITH WORM, LONDON PROOF MARKS
30IN. (76.2CM.) BARRELS
BY MORTIMER & SON, LONDON, CIRCA 1810
WITH SLIGHTLY SHORTENED REBROWNED TWIST BARRELS, SILVER FORE-SIGHT, RECESSED PATENT BREECHES EACH WITH PLATINUM-LINED MAKER'S STAMP 'MORTIMER & SON LONDON', SINGLE PLATINUM-INLAID LINE AND PLATINUM-LINED TOUCH-HOLE, THE RIB BETWEEN ENGRAVED WITH A SUNBURST, FOLIATE ENGRAVED GROOVED TANG, ENGRAVED FLAT LOCKS EACH SIGNED 'MORTIMER & SON ST. JAMES'S STREET' AND WITH 'FRENCH' COCK, RAINPROOF PAN AND ROLLER, WELL FIGURED WALNUT HALF-STOCK WITH CHEQUERED GRIP, ENGRAVED IRON MOUNTS INCLUDING REBLUED TRIGGER-GUARD WITH PINEAPPLE FINIAL, SILVER ESCUTCHEON AND BARREL-BOLT ESCUTCHEONS, AND LATER BRASS-MOUNTED RAMROD WITH WORM, LONDON PROOF MARKS
30IN. (76.2CM.) BARRELS