A Percussion Duelling Pistol by H.W. Mortimer & Son. With sighted octagonal barrel, engraved ‘GUN MAKER TO HIS MAJESTY’ with case hardened breech block inlet with silver poinçonné stamped ‘MORTIMER FLEET STREET’ slotted tang incorporating back-site, border engraved lock and action, decorated with sprays of foliage and signed, ‘H. W. Mortimer & Son’ in script, half stocked in walnut, cut with c requiring at the grip. Engraved steel mounts comprising profusely engraved oval butt-plate, spurred trigger guard with address within an oval on the bow and pineapple finial, engraved ramrod pipe, with horn-tipped ramrod. 

MORTIMER

Harvey Walklate

Son of Harvey Walklate, apprenticed to father, 1791; free of Farriers Co., 1799. Gunmaker in partnership with father and uncle as H.W. Mortimer, Son & T. Mortimer, 1800-1807; with father as H.W. Mortimer & Son, 1808-14; own business as gunmaker, 89 Fleet Street., 1814-22; 4 East Street., Hoxton, 1823-4. 

Howard L. Blackmore (1986) Gunmakers Of London, 1350-1850. George Shumway Publisher. USA. 

Dimensions:

Bore: 28 Bore 

Barrel Length: 10 Inches (25.4 cm)

Overall Length: 15.5 Inches (39.37 cm)