Flintlock Repeating Pistol with Lorenzoni Action

Gunsmith Harvey Walklate Mortimer British

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Harvey Walklate Mortimer, gunmaker to George III (1738–1820), took special interest in the repeating mechanism thought to have been invented by gunmaker Michele Lorenzoni (d. 1733) in Florence over one hundred years earlier. Complex internally, the Lorenzoni system allowed for up to ten successive shots, feeding from a magazine concealed inside the grip. A half-turn of the lever forward and back reloaded, primed, and cocked the pistol. Mortimer’s Lorenzoni-type firearms, meticulously constructed, reflect his desire to update and refine a successful design he admired from the past.

Flintlock Repeating Pistol with Lorenzoni Action, Harvey Walklate Mortimer (British, Newcastle-under-Lyme 1753–1819 Hampstead-heath (now London)), Steel, wood (walnut), silver, British, London

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Flintlock Repeating Pistol with Lorenzoni Action, Harvey Walklate Mortimer (British, Newcastle-under-Lyme 1753–1819 Hampstead-heath (now London)), Steel, wood (walnut), silver, British, London
Flintlock Repeating Pistol with Lorenzoni Action, Harvey Walklate Mortimer (British, Newcastle-under-Lyme 1753–1819 Hampstead-heath (now London)), Steel, wood (walnut), silver, British, London
Flintlock Repeating Pistol with Lorenzoni Action, Harvey Walklate Mortimer (British, Newcastle-under-Lyme 1753–1819 Hampstead-heath (now London)), Steel, wood (walnut), silver, British, London
Flintlock Repeating Pistol with Lorenzoni Action, Harvey Walklate Mortimer (British, Newcastle-under-Lyme 1753–1819 Hampstead-heath (now London)), Steel, wood (walnut), silver, British, London

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