26th Jun, 2024 11:00

Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria

 
Lot 257
 

257

A 50 BORE GLOBE RESERVOIR AIR RIFE BY HARVEY WALKLATE MORTIMER, LONDON, CIRCA 1800

with multi-groove rifled sighted barrel signed ‘H. W. Mortimer, London’ on the flat, engraved tang, signed engraved stepped bevelled lock decorated with a starburst and fitted with cocking lever (the upper half restored), figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, engraved iron mounts comprising butt-plate with a Britannia trophy on the tang, trigger-guard with a rococo flower on the bow, side-plate decorated with a trophy-of-arms and three ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end cap and horn-tipped ramrod, perhaps the original, with associated iron globe reservoir, 76.8 cm barrel

Sold for £1,500


 

with multi-groove rifled sighted barrel signed ‘H. W. Mortimer, London’ on the flat, engraved tang, signed engraved stepped bevelled lock decorated with a starburst and fitted with cocking lever (the upper half restored), figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, engraved iron mounts comprising butt-plate with a Britannia trophy on the tang, trigger-guard with a rococo flower on the bow, side-plate decorated with a trophy-of-arms and three ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end cap and horn-tipped ramrod, perhaps the original, with associated iron globe reservoir, 76.8 cm barrel

Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 26th Jun, 2024

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AUCTION DAY: 26TH JUNE 2024, AT 11:00am

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