Revolver
- Object Name:
- Revolver
- Object ID:
- 1946.037.27
- Creator:
- Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company; Colt, Samuel
- Place of Origin:
- Hartford, CT
- Date:
- 1860
- Description:
- Colt Model 1849 Pocket Revolver. Single action, .31 caliber percussion-cap revolver. 5" octagonal barrel, built up at breech end. Well worn post front sight, rear sight cut into hammer. Six-shot cylinder, ramrod underslung on barrel. Steel frame and barrel, mahogany grip, brass trigger guard and grip strap. Marked on barrel "ADDRESS COL SAML COLT NEW-YORK U S AMERICA". Stagecoach holdup scene engraved on cylinder but nearly worn off. Serial no. 249504 stamped twice on underside of barrel near cylinder, once on cylinder, once on trigger guard bow, and once on grip strap butt. "COLTS PATENT" stamped on left side below cylinder, "31 CAL" stamped on left rear of brass trigger frame.
- Material:
- Metal
Wood
Steel
Brass
Mahogany - Dimensions:
- H-4.4 W-1.2 L-10 inches
- Provenance:
- Tagged "Franco Prussian War", "Phil Sargent".
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Samuel Dana Bell
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