C1790 Pair Of English HW Mortimer London Gun Maker To His Majesty 38 Bore Gentleman’s Flintlock Traveling Pistols, Period Converted To Percussion With Octagonal Barrels & C1843 Irish Registration Marks WB (Waterford Borough). Sn 21393:61 .38 Muzzleloader

C1790 Pair Of English HW Mortimer London Gun Maker To His Majesty 38 Bore Gentleman’s Flintlock Traveling Pistols, Period Converted To Percussion With Octagonal Barrels & C1843 Irish Registration Marks WB (Waterford Borough). Sn 21393:61 21393:61

HW Mortimer and his son Harvey Walklate Mortimer were London gunsmiths' between 1753 and into the 1800s with premises at Fleet Street (see page 187 of British Gunmakers London By Brown). The Mortimer family made Firearms by Royal Appointment. This is a very good pair of traveling pistols by HW Mortimer, London. The pistols have 4” octagonal steel sighted barrels & undamaged original walnut stocks with chequered panel pistol grips. Both grips have void white metal escutcheons. Each barrel are faintly signed by the maker ‘HW Mortimer’ and partially visible London address. Both barrels also have Irish registration marks, one WB-219’ the other ‘WB’ with indistinct number (the prefix WB was allocated to Waterford Borough (these Irish County identification marks were introduced by the short lived Arms Act of 1843). The smooth bores have staining consistent with age. Both pistols have been period converted from flintlock to percussion and have safety bolts (the lug on one bolt is absent). The pistol's cocking & firing actions work crisply. The lock plates of both pistols are signed ‘HW Mortimer’ and ’89 Fleet (Street)’. The pistols have brass fittings including trigger guard with extended tang and Pineapple finial decorated with foliate panels and Martial arms. Both pistols have their ebonised wood ram rods. The price includes UK delivery. NB as antique percussion weapons no licence is required to own these pistols in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 21393:61

£1295