A Fine Cased Pair of Percussion Officers Pistols by T. E. Mortimer of Edinburgh, Circa 1850. With browned twist barrels of musket bore, signed along the top flat, Mortimer Edinburgh fitted with rear and fore sights, engraved case-hardened breeches and breech tangs decorated with scrolling foliage, engraved bolsters with platinum plugs, signed bolted engraved case-hardened locks decorated with scrolling foliage, highly figured polished walnut full-stocks, chequered butts, engraved steel mounts comprising blued trigger guards, butt-caps with traps, moulded ramrod-pipes, German silver barrel bolt escutcheon, blued steel stirrup ramrod, retaining large amounts of their original finish throughout: in their original fitted case, lined in tan velvet with most original accessories. 

These pistols are featured in H. Lee Munsons book on The Mortimers. Pages 126-127. 

H. Lee Munson (1992)The Mortimer Gunmakers 1753-1923, Andrew Mowbray Incorporated Publishers, USA. 

Dimensions:

Bore: 16 Bore

Barrel Length: 9.5 Inches (22.86 cm)

Overall Length: 15 Inches (38.10 cm)