POST MEDIEVAL NAVY PERCUSSION REVOLVER 19th century AD A Colt six-shot single-action 1851 model Navy percussion revolver in .36 calibre; the 19cm hexagonal rifled barrel with loading lever below (lacking main pivot screw and one dowel peg) and brass blade foresight (a later fitting?), numbered 126155/2 inscribed with '- ADDRESS COL. SAML COLT NEW-YORK U. S. AMER[ICA -]' to top face, cut through the last letters by the modification fitting of a separate V-backsight, the barrel key with modern retaining screw; six-chambered cylinder with nipples, numbered [24]305 (traces only of engraving); brass trigger guard, numbered 24305 and backstrip, mahogany grip with diamond mother of pearl and rectangular German silver insets to left; naive small heart emblem cut into right; frame with trigger and hammer assembly (lacking/broken mainspring) with some screws being modern replacements, numbered 126155/2. 1.12 kg, 33cm long (13"). Fair condition; surfaces pitted and lacking elements as noted. An iconic firearm. Provenance Property of an Essex, UK collector; acquired on the UK art market, 1980-1990. Footnotes Serial number 24305 was given to a .36 calibre Navy Colt made in 1853; serial number 126155 was allocated to a matched pair of .36 calibre Navy Colts made in 1862.
POST MEDIEVAL NAVY PERCUSSION REVOLVER 19th century AD A Colt six-shot single-action 1851 model Navy percussion revolver in .36 calibre; the 19cm hexagonal rifled barrel with loading lever below (lacking main pivot screw and one dowel peg) and brass blade foresight (a later fitting?), numbered 126155/2 inscribed with '- ADDRESS COL. SAML COLT NEW-YORK U. S. AMER[ICA -]' to top face, cut through the last letters by the modification fitting of a separate V-backsight, the barrel key with modern retaining screw; six-chambered cylinder with nipples, numbered [24]305 (traces only of engraving); brass trigger guard, numbered 24305 and backstrip, mahogany grip with diamond mother of pearl and rectangular German silver insets to left; naive small heart emblem cut into right; frame with trigger and hammer assembly (lacking/broken mainspring) with some screws being modern replacements, numbered 126155/2. 1.12 kg, 33cm long (13"). Fair condition; surfaces pitted and lacking elements as noted. An iconic firearm. Provenance Property of an Essex, UK collector; acquired on the UK art market, 1980-1990. Footnotes Serial number 24305 was given to a .36 calibre Navy Colt made in 1853; serial number 126155 was allocated to a matched pair of .36 calibre Navy Colts made in 1862.
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