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BY H.W. MORTIMER, LONDON, CIRCA 1790-5
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A FINE CASED PAIR OF 50-BORE FLINTLOCK TURN-OFF POCKET PISTOLS
BY H.W. MORTIMER, LONDON, CIRCA 1790-5
WITH TAPERING TURN-OFF BARRELS EACH ENGRAVED WITH A BAND OF FOLIAGE AT THE MUZZLE, BREECH-SECTIONS EACH ENGRAVED WITH A MARTIAL TROPHY, SUNBURST AND A SPRAY OF FLOWERING FOLIAGE FRAMING TWO CARTOUCHES RESPECTIVELY SIGNED 'H.W. MORTIMER LONDON' AND 'GUN MAKER TO HIS MAJESTY', BORDER AND FOLIATE ENGRAVED ACTIONS EACH WITH SLIGHTLY RAISED PAN, ROLLER AND BLUED STEEL SPRING AND SAFETY-CATCH ALSO LOCKING THE STEEL, WALNUT BUTTS EACH PROFUSELY DECORATED WITH INLAID SILVER FLOWERING FOLIAGE, ENGRAVED BUTT-CAPS, AND BORDER ENGRAVED SILVER ESCUTCHEONS, LONDON PROOF MARKS, IN ORIGINAL LINED AND FITTED MAHOGANY CASE WITH ACCESSORIES INCLUDING RED-LEATHER-COVERED THREE-WAY PISTOL-FLASK, BARREL-KEY AND IRON BULLET-MOULD, THE EXTERIOR WITH SHAPED BRASS ESCUTCHEON INCORPORATING A FLUSH-FITTING CARRYING HANDLE, A HANDWRITTEN NOTE IN THE CASE STATING 'THESE INLAID PISTOLS GIVEN BY ME TO LT. W.W. POWELL BY ME, FRANCES POWELL 7TH MARCH 1839 LATE THE PROPERTY OF HIS FATHER'
1¾IN. (4.5CM.) BARRELS
BY H.W. MORTIMER, LONDON, CIRCA 1790-5
WITH TAPERING TURN-OFF BARRELS EACH ENGRAVED WITH A BAND OF FOLIAGE AT THE MUZZLE, BREECH-SECTIONS EACH ENGRAVED WITH A MARTIAL TROPHY, SUNBURST AND A SPRAY OF FLOWERING FOLIAGE FRAMING TWO CARTOUCHES RESPECTIVELY SIGNED 'H.W. MORTIMER LONDON' AND 'GUN MAKER TO HIS MAJESTY', BORDER AND FOLIATE ENGRAVED ACTIONS EACH WITH SLIGHTLY RAISED PAN, ROLLER AND BLUED STEEL SPRING AND SAFETY-CATCH ALSO LOCKING THE STEEL, WALNUT BUTTS EACH PROFUSELY DECORATED WITH INLAID SILVER FLOWERING FOLIAGE, ENGRAVED BUTT-CAPS, AND BORDER ENGRAVED SILVER ESCUTCHEONS, LONDON PROOF MARKS, IN ORIGINAL LINED AND FITTED MAHOGANY CASE WITH ACCESSORIES INCLUDING RED-LEATHER-COVERED THREE-WAY PISTOL-FLASK, BARREL-KEY AND IRON BULLET-MOULD, THE EXTERIOR WITH SHAPED BRASS ESCUTCHEON INCORPORATING A FLUSH-FITTING CARRYING HANDLE, A HANDWRITTEN NOTE IN THE CASE STATING 'THESE INLAID PISTOLS GIVEN BY ME TO LT. W.W. POWELL BY ME, FRANCES POWELL 7TH MARCH 1839 LATE THE PROPERTY OF HIS FATHER'
1¾IN. (4.5CM.) BARRELS
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PLEASE NOTE THE CASE DATES FROM CIRCA 1830-40 AND NOT FROM CIRCA 1790-5 AS IMPLIED IN THE CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION. IT WAS CREATED FOR THESE PISTOLS, POSSIBLY IN CONNECTION WITH THE 1839 GIFTING REFERRED TO IN THE HANDWRITTEN NOTE ACCOMPANYING THIS LOT.