A 15-Bore Flintlock Duelling Pistol

A 15-Bore Flintlock Duelling Pistol By H.W. Mortimer Of London, Late 18th Century With rebrowned slightly swamped twist octagonal sighted barrel with gold-lined maker's oval on the top flat at the breech, engraved gold line and gold-lined touch-hole, foliate engraved tang with back-sight, flat bevelled detented lock signed in script and with part martial trophy on the stepped tail, engraved safety-catch (cock replaced), gold-lined pan, and roller bearing on a ramp on the steel-spring, figured half-stock (broken through beneath the tail of the lock and at the side-flat) with chequered rounded butt (small repair on one side at the tang), the pommel carved as a flower-head, reblued steel mounts including trigger-guard with pineapple finial and decorated with a martial trophy on the bow (engraving refreshed), silver barrel-bolt escutcheons and fore-end cap, adjustable set trigger, and later horn-tipped ramrod, London proof marks 25.5 cm. barrel Footnotes: Harvey Walklate Mortimer (1753-1819) was appointed Gunmaker to George III in 1783. He was at 89 Fleet Street between 1782 and 1799 and was Contractor to the East India Company from 1796 until 1806. He retired in 1811 and died in 1819 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing