SCARCE CASED COLT MODEL 1849 LONDON POCKET PERCUSSION REVOLVER.

SN 3952. Cal. 31. Blue & color case hardened with 5″ oct bbl, brass pin front sight and 2-line London address. Center left side of frame is marked “Colt’s Patent”. Cyl has stagecoach hold-up scene roll marking with five chambers. The large guard iron trigger guard and backstrap contain a very nicely figured, varnished 1-pc walnut grip with partially visible matching number to this revolver. Left side of bbl lug & cyl have British proofs. Accompanied by a green baize lined, English oak Colt casing with empty gold washed disk in the lid, compartmented in the bottom for a Dixon bag shaped flask, a blued “COLT’S PATENT” bullet mold with sprue cutter, an L-shaped nipple wrench, a maple handled cleaning rod and a small lacquered tin for Eley’s caps. Inside the lid has the attached orig paper label “DIRECTIONS FOR LOADING COLT’S PISTOLS”. Pocket Model Colts with London address are quite rare with only about 11,000 produced 1853-1857 in Colt’s London Armory. Cased examples are somewhat more rare with an estimated 3,000 sold as cased sets. CONDITION: Extremely fine, all matching including wedge, rammer, cyl & grip. Bbl retains about 75% glossy bright blue with the loss areas flaked, not worn, to a light patina. Rammer pivot retains strong case colors with lightly faded case colors on the handle. Frame retains virtually all of its orig brilliant case colors and the hammer moderately faded case colors. Cyl retains 30-40% orig blue with the loss areas flaked, not worn to a light patina and shows about 98% crisp stagecoach hold-up scene with a small drag line around the center. Trigger guard retains about 95% strong bright blue with some minor flaking on the front strap. Backstrap & buttstrap retain about 40% orig blue, flaked in the center with some scattered freckles of rust. Grip has a tiny chip on right toe otherwise is sound with light nicks & scratches and retains most of its orig varnish. Mechanics are crisp; brilliant shiny bore; appears to be unfired. Case is sound with moderate nicks, dings & scratches and retains most of it orig varnish; interior is moderately to heavily faded with moderate soil in the bottom; label is yellowed with some minor spots of loss but almost entirely legible; flask has one small dent and overall retains about 90% strong orig finish; mold has been cleaned on the left side but appears to be unused with strong orig blue elsewhere; nipple wrench, cleaning rod & cap tin are fine. 4-53525 JR148 (5,000-8,000) – Lot 3026

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2014

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	3026	$6,900.00	SCARCE CASED COLT MODEL 1849 LONDON POCKET PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 3952. Cal. 31. Blue & color case hardened with 5″ oct bbl, brass pin front sight and 2-line London address. Center left side of frame is marked “Colt’s Patent”. Cyl has stagecoach hold-up scene roll marking with five chambers. The large guard iron trigger guard and backstrap contain a very nicely figured, varnished 1-pc walnut grip with partially visible matching number to this revolver. Left side of bbl lug & cyl have British proofs. Accompanied by a green baize lined, English oak Colt casing with empty gold washed disk in the lid, compartmented in the bottom for a Dixon bag shaped flask, a blued “COLT’S PATENT” bullet mold with sprue cutter, an L-shaped nipple wrench, a maple handled cleaning rod and a small lacquered tin for Eley’s caps. Inside the lid has the attached orig paper label “DIRECTIONS FOR LOADING COLT’S PISTOLS”. Pocket Model Colts with London address are quite rare with only about 11,000 produced 1853-1857 in Colt’s London Armory. Cased examples are somewhat more rare with an estimated 3,000 sold as cased sets. CONDITION: Extremely fine, all matching including wedge, rammer, cyl & grip. Bbl retains about 75% glossy bright blue with the loss areas flaked, not worn, to a light patina. Rammer pivot retains strong case colors with lightly faded case colors on the handle. Frame retains virtually all of its orig brilliant case colors and the hammer moderately faded case colors. Cyl retains 30-40% orig blue with the loss areas flaked, not worn to a light patina and shows about 98% crisp stagecoach hold-up scene with a small drag line around the center. Trigger guard retains about 95% strong bright blue with some minor flaking on the front strap. Backstrap & buttstrap retain about 40% orig blue, flaked in the center with some scattered freckles of rust. Grip has a tiny chip on right toe otherwise is sound with light nicks & scratches and retains most of its orig varnish. Mechanics are crisp; brilliant shiny bore; appears to be unfired. Case is sound with moderate nicks, dings & scratches and retains most of it orig varnish; interior is moderately to heavily faded with moderate soil in the bottom; label is yellowed with some minor spots of loss but almost entirely legible; flask has one small dent and overall retains about 90% strong orig finish; mold has been cleaned on the left side but appears to be unused with strong orig blue elsewhere; nipple wrench, cleaning rod & cap tin are fine. 4-53525 JR148 (5,000-8,000) – Lot 3026 Auction: Firearms - Fall 2014 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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SCARCE CASED COLT MODEL 1849 LONDON POCKET PERCUSSION REVOLVER.