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Sunday, September 4, 2016

COLT .36 CAL. 1862 NAVY POCKET REVOLVER POSSIBLY ENGRAVED BY GUSTAVE YOUNG



Accessories include cap tin and caps, .36 cal. balls, powder flask, .36 cal. bullet mold, small paper box entitled "5 Combustible Envelopes/CARTRIDGES, MADE OF HAZARD'S POWDER EXPRESSLY FOR COL. COLT'S PATENT NEW MODEL REVOLVING POLICE PISTOL..., and very nice walnut case with typical pine bottom.


Walnut case

Pine bottom

All pins intact



Reads "ADDRESS COL. SAML COLT NEW-YORK U. S. AMERICA"

Handling has removed some of the original silver plating

Cylinder engraving is horse-drawn stagecoach along with other characters


Wolf or coyote head - Gustave Young?

No production marks on hammer


Very low serial number, all matching, "555"










COLT'S PATENT - 36P

COLTS PATENT/E PLURIBUS UNUM

Several caps inside