Revolver
- Object Name:
- Revolver
- Object ID:
- 1958.015
- Creator:
- Starr Arms Company
Gunsmith - Place of Origin:
- New York, NY
- Date:
- 1863-1864
- Description:
- Model 1863 Starr SA single action percussion revolver. .44 caliber, 8" round barrel, 6-chambered cylinder. Single-piece, stained wood handgrip held to frame by screw and pin. Rear notch sight cut into hammer arm. Front post sight. Marked on both sides above and just in front of trigger guard. On left side stamped "Starr Arms Co. New York". On right "Starr's Patent Jan. 15, 1856". Serial number 39674 on frame under ramrod and at base of barrel, and serial no. 39114 on cylinder. "C" is stamped on frame in several places.
Leather holster, body slips into loops on backing. Made from three pieces of leather, mainly body, and two small reinforcing straps. Open muzzle-end. Stitched together, with a single rivet behind trigger cut-out. Pinpoint initials "RG" just below lip of holster. Pin work in pattern of pine tree or triangle on interior over where belt would run through. Nondescript pin work on both reinforcing straps. Some of leather is cracked from age. - Material:
- Metal
Leather - Dimensions:
- H-6.2 W-1.5 L-13.5 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Donald B. Matson
- People:
- Starr, Ebanezer, Matson, Donald B.
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