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A MAGNIFICENT 20-BORE SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL FOR EASTERN PRESENTATION

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A MAGNIFICENT 20-BORE SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL FOR EASTERN PRESENTATION

BY H.W. MORTIMER & CO., LONDON, BIRMINGHAM SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1805

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A MAGNIFICENT 20-BORE SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL FOR EASTERN PRESENTATION
BY H.W. MORTIMER & CO., LONDON, BIRMINGHAM SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1805
WITH TAPERING BLUED BARREL PROFUSELY DECORATED WITH GOLD-INLAID FLOWERING FOLIAGE, BANDS OF RUNNING FOLIAGE, CRESCENT MOONS, STARS, AN URN AND CROWN, SIGNED 'H.W. MORTIMER & CO. LONDON' ON A GOLD-INLAID RIBBON, GOLD-LINED TOUCH-HOLE, GILT FORE-SIGHT, BLUED TANG DECORATED EN SUITE WITH A FURTHER CROWN, FLAT BORDER ENGRAVED BLUED LOCK WITH 'FRENCH' COCK, ROLLER AND GOLD-LINED RAINPROOF PAN, AND DECORATED WITH GOLD-INLAID FOLIAGE, A TROPHY OF ARMS, AND SIGNED 'H.W. MORTIMER & CO.' WITHIN A SMALL CARTOUCHE, FIGURED WALNUT FULL STOCK PROFUSELY DECORATED WITH SILVER INLAID PANELS FINELY ENGRAVED WITH FOLIAGE, BOUQUETS OF FLOWERS, EASTERN TROPHIES OF ARMS AND AN URN OF FRUIT WITH SILVER WIRE SCROLLWORK BEARING FURTHER FOLIAGE AND FLOWER-HEADS BETWEEN, FINELY CAST AND CHASED SILVER-GILT MOUNTS INCLUDING SPURRED POMMEL DECORATED IN HIGH RELIEF WITH EASTERN TROPHIES OF ARMS AGAINST A STIPPLED GROUND, SILVER GILT RAMROD-PIPES EACH ENGRAVED WITH A SUNBURST, AND ORIGINAL RAMROD WITH SILVER-GILT TIP ENGRAVED WITH FURTHER SUNBURSTS
14IN. (35.6CM.) BARREL

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PLEASE NOTE THAT THE COCK, RAMROD AND RAMROD PIPE HAVE BEEN EXPERTLY REPLACED.

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THE PARTNERSHIP OF H.W. MORTIMER & CO. (HARVEY WALKLATE MORTIMER, HARVEY WALKLATE MORTIMER (JUNIOR) AND THOMAS MORTIMER) WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1799 WHERE THEY CONTINUED TO TRADE FROM THE 89 FLEET STREET PREMISES. THE PARTNERSHIP WAS DISSOLVED IN 1806 WITH H.W. SENIOR AND H.W. JUNIOR CONTINUING IN FLEET STREET AS H.W. MORTIMER & SON WHILST THOMAS FORMED A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH HIS SON THOMAS JACKSON MORTIMER TAKING PREMISES AT 44 LUDGATE HILL UNTIL 1816.

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