Spring 2026 Premier Firearms & Militaria Auction
February 26th, February 27th, February 28th, and March 1st, 2026
This auction will feature an outstanding collection of items spanning multiple categories including Modern, Military, Sporting, & Antique firearms & militaria! Below is just a small grouping of select highlights from the massive offering to be featured in this upcoming sale!
HIGH CONDITION DOUBLE FLINT FOWLER BY EDWARD WESTON OF LEWES, SUSSEX WITH LOCKS BY J. MORTIMER
01-27224
Cal. 20 Ga. approx. 600 Bore Dia
S# NSN
Edward Weston was part of a gunmaking family in Southeast England from the late 1700’s. This good quality gun made around 1825 has 33″ twist barrels engraved “EDWARD WESTON GUN-MAKER-LEWIS” on swamped game rib. Bottoms of barrels are stamped with London proofs. Breech plugs have gold bands at rear and platinum lined touch holes. Case hardened breech iron is nicely engraved. Locks, with chamfered plates having rebated tails are fitted with serpentine cocks, waterproof pans, bridled roller frizzens with rollers on feather springs which have trifid finials. Rear of plates and bodies of cocks are engraved with bird scenes. “J. MORTIMER” (probably John, working in London and Edinburgh 1809-1870) is under pans. Trigger plate has stylized pineapple finial and trigger guard is engraved with perched pheasant scene on bow. Stock, made of well figured European walnut, measures 15″ over steel buttplate with dog and bird scene engraved long top tang. Square checkering is at grip and around forend. A vacant oval crest plate is at top of grip. Old ramrod, possibly original, with brass tip mounts through two plain pipes and steel thimble with pineapple finial. Stock attaches to barrels with captive sidebolt through oval silver escutcheons. MEASUREMENTS: BBLS: Bore Diameter: L .603. R .598. Wall thickness: over .045 both barrels. STOCK: DAH: 2″. DAC: 1-1/4″. CAST: neutral. LOP: 15″. WEIGHT: 6 lb. 14 oz.
STATUS: ANTIQUE
