Lot 208
208
A COLT 1851 MODEL NAVY PERCUSSION REVOLVER, No. 1611/. for 1853, the barrel with London address, the blued cylinder with naval engagement scene, silvered brass trigger-guard and grip-strap, varnished figured walnut grips (minor bruising), matching numbers (wedge replaced), and nearly all its original finish, the barrel, frame, hammer, trigger-guard and grip-strap decorated with London scroll engraving, partly on a hatched ground, the hammer and recoil shield each engraved with a leaf design: in later lined and fitted case with accessories including Dixon flask, London proof marks

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A COLT 1851 MODEL NAVY PERCUSSION REVOLVER, No. 1611/. for 1853, the barrel with London address, the blued cylinder with naval engagement scene, silvered brass trigger-guard and grip-strap, varnished figured walnut grips (minor bruising), matching numbers (wedge replaced), and nearly all its original finish, the barrel, frame, hammer, trigger-guard and grip-strap decorated with London scroll engraving, partly on a hatched ground, the hammer and recoil shield each engraved with a leaf design: in later lined and fitted case with accessories including Dixon flask, London proof marks
13in.

Lot Essay

Made in the first year of production for the London 'Navy'

Cf. a similar revolver, No. 1615/., sold in these Rooms on 29 October 1986, lot 142

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