A CASED 18-BORE DOUBLE-BARRELLED FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN

BY T. MORTIMER & SON, LONDON, SERIAL NO. 2623, CIRCA 1815

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A CASED 18-BORE DOUBLE-BARRELLED FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN
BY T. MORTIMER & SON, LONDON, SERIAL NO. 2623, CIRCA 1815
WITH SLIGHTLY SHORTENED REBROWNED TWIST SIGHTED BARRELS SIGNED 'GUN MAKERS TO HIS MAJESTY' TOWARDS THE BREECHES, ENGRAVED PATENT BREECHES EACH WITH PLATINUM-LINED TOUCH-HOLE, SINGLE GOLD-INLAID LINE AND SILVER-INLAID CARTOUCHE RESPECTIVELY ENGRAVED 'T. MORTIMER & SON LONDON' AND '44 LUDGATE HILL', FOLIATE ENGRAVED GROOVED TANG, ENGRAVED FLAT BEVELLED LOCKS REPECTIVELY SIGNED 'T. MORTIMER & SON' AND '44 LUDGATE HILL' AND EACH WITH STEPPED TAIL, PIERCED COCK, RAINPROOF PAN AND ROLLER, FIGURED WALNUT HALF-STOCK WITH RAISED CHEEK-PIECE AND CHEQUERED GRIP, ENGRAVED IRON MOUNTS INCLUDING SCROLLED PISTOLGRIP TRIGGER-GUARD, SILVER ESCUTCHEON ENGRAVED WITH A CREST, SILVER BARREL-BOLT ESCUTCHEONS AND ENGRAVED FORE-END CAP, AND LATER BRASS-MOUNTED RAMROD, LONDON PROOF MARKS, IN BRASS BOUND RELINED AND REFITTED MAHOGANY CASE, POSSIBLY ORIGINAL, WITH SOME ACCESSORIES INCLUDING A SHOT-BELT, THE LID WITH FLUSH-FITTING BRASS CARRYING HANDLE AND CIRCULAR BRASS ESCUTCHEON ENGRAVED WITH A MATCHING CREST
29IN. (73.6CM.) BARRELS

拍品专文

THE FIRM OF T. MORTIMER & SON WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1806 BY THOMAS MORTIMER (BROTHER OF HARVEY WALKLATE) AND HIS SON THOMAS JACKSON MORTIMER. THEY OPERATED OUT OF PREMISES AT 44 LUDGATE HILL UNTIL THE PARTNERSHIP WAS DISSOLVED IN 1816.