Lot Essay
THIS LOT IS A SECTION 5 FIREARM. FOR LICENSING REQUIREMENTS AND OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE REFER TO THE "EXPLANATION OF CATALOGUING PRACTICE" IN RELATION TO FIREARMS ON PAGE 58.
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BY COLT, HARTFORD, SERIAL NO. 61327 FOR 1880
Details
AN ENGRAVED .44-40 MODEL 1873 'FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER' SIX-SHOT SINGLE-ACTION REVOLVER
BY COLT, HARTFORD, SERIAL NO. 61327 FOR 1880
WITH SCROLL ENGRAVED NICKEL-PLATED SIGHTED BARREL AND EJECTOR-ROD COVER, THE FORMER WITH ADDRESS DETAILS AND SIGNED 'COLT FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER', SCROLL ENGRAVED NICKEL-PLATED FRAME, CYLINDER AND HAMMER EACH HEIGHTENED WITH A GOLD BORDER LINE, NICKEL-PLATED GRIP-STRAP ENGRAVED WITH FURTHER SCROLLWORK AND THE INSCRIPTIONS 'J. THIERRY & C. POËNCIN' AND 'YVES DE MONTAIS', A GOLD-INLAID HERALDIC SHIELD BENEATH COMTE'S CROWN, AND WOODEN GRIPS EACH CARVED IN LOW RELIEF WITH OAK LEAVES AND ACORNS
4¾IN. (12.1CM.) BARREL
BY COLT, HARTFORD, SERIAL NO. 61327 FOR 1880
WITH SCROLL ENGRAVED NICKEL-PLATED SIGHTED BARREL AND EJECTOR-ROD COVER, THE FORMER WITH ADDRESS DETAILS AND SIGNED 'COLT FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER', SCROLL ENGRAVED NICKEL-PLATED FRAME, CYLINDER AND HAMMER EACH HEIGHTENED WITH A GOLD BORDER LINE, NICKEL-PLATED GRIP-STRAP ENGRAVED WITH FURTHER SCROLLWORK AND THE INSCRIPTIONS 'J. THIERRY & C. POËNCIN' AND 'YVES DE MONTAIS', A GOLD-INLAID HERALDIC SHIELD BENEATH COMTE'S CROWN, AND WOODEN GRIPS EACH CARVED IN LOW RELIEF WITH OAK LEAVES AND ACORNS
4¾IN. (12.1CM.) BARREL
Provenance
SOLD WITH A COLT FACTORY ARCHIVE LETTER CONFIRMING THAT THIS REVOLVER WAS SHIPPED TO HARTLEY & GRAHAM, NEW YORK ON 18TH DECEMBER 1880 IN STANDARD BLUED FINISH.
Sale room notice
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS LOT HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.