Revolver

Object Name:: Revolver
Object ID:: 1956.193
Creator:: Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company; Ormsby, Waterman L. (1809-1883)
Place of Origin:: Hartford, CT
Date:: 1849
Description:: Revolver. 1st Model Dragoon Revolver; single action; .44 caliber; rounded barrel with six chamber cylinder; steel frame and barrel; mahogany stock and brass trigger guard, grip strap, and front sight; "ADDRESS SAML COLT NEW YORK" stamped on top of barrel; "4556" serial number stamped on underside of barrel, underside of lock frame, underside of trigger guard, underside of grip strap, and on cylinder; "COLTS PATENT / U.S." stamped on left side of lock frame; "U.S. DRAGOONS / COLT'S PATENT" in engraved scroll frames, on top of cylinder; engraved scene of Dragoons on Horseback fighting Indians, on cylinder; , "W.L. ORMSBY Sc N.Y." stamped on top rear of cylinder.

Stamped in cartouche, "DRAGOONS", engraved with Dragoons pursuing mounted Indians.
Material:: Metal
Steel
Brass
Mahogany
Dimensions:: H-5.5 W-1.8 L-14 inches
Provenance:: Formerly part of the Henry A. Day firearms collection.
Credit Line:: Gift of Leona D. and Warren J. Henderson, in memory of Henry A. Day
People:: Colt, Samuel (1814-1862), Day, Henry A. (1891-1956), Henderson, Leona D. (1894-1980), Henderson, Warren J. (1898-1987), Ormsby, Waterman L. (1809-1883)
Subjects:: War, Armament, Revolvers, Guns, Weapons