Main Sale - September 2012 : Sale A1066 Lot 404
H. MORTIMER, LONDON A 24-BORE FLINTLOCK BRASS-BARRELLED BLUNDERBUSS IN THE COACHING STYLE, no visible serial number,

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H. MORTIMER, LONDON
A 24-BORE FLINTLOCK BRASS-BARRELLED BLUNDERBUSS IN THE COACHING STYLE, no visible serial number,
circa 1805, with thick-walled swamped brass barrel signed on the flatterned sighting plane 'H. W. MORTIMER, LONDON. GUNMAKER TO HIS MAJESTY', scroll engraved iron top-tang, flat bevel-edged lockplate with starburst engraving to the stepped tail, signed 'H. W. MORTIMER' forwards of the hammer, roller-bearing frizzen spring, scroll engraved hammer (repaired, top-jaw screw replaced), sliding safe behind the hammer, walnut full-stock with brass furniture including serpentine sideplate, floral engraving to the trigger-guard bow, iron take-down wedges and original iron ramrod
Estimate £1,000-1,500