RARE FUNCTIONING MINIATURE GOLD INLAID COLT MODEL 1860 ARMY PERCUSSION REVOLVER.

RARE FUNCTIONING MINIATURE GOLD INLAID COLT MODEL 1860 ARMY PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 162878E. Precise scale miniature of the cased pair of 1860 Army revolvers being sold elsewhere in this auction. It has 3-3/4″ rnd bbl, German silver front sight and 1-line address inlaid in gold “ADDRESS COL. COLT LONDON”. Frame is beautifully color case hardened, 3-screw style, cut for shoulder stock that has “COLTS PATENT” in inlaid in gold on left side. The brass trigger guard & steel backstrap are gold plated and contain a 1-pc ebony grip that is very delicately raise carved with an eagle & shield along with Lady Liberty and a tree on left side that is probably symbolic of the Venerable “Charter Oak”. It has a raised anchor surrounded by acanthus leaves and vines on right side. Bbl is inlaid in gold with a flying eagle on left side clutching arrows and a ribbon inscribed “E PLURIBUS UNUM”. Right side has seated Lady Liberty with a shield & staff topped by a Liberty cap. Both sides of bbl, top of bbl and around muzzle have foliate arabesque patterns inlaid in gold. Cyl is rebated with six chambers and has the Ormsby Naval Battle scene roll marking with foliate arabesque patterns and gold wire borders. Frame & recoil shields are outlined gold wire with the hammer having gold wire outline and an engraved wolf’s head on each side of hammer nose inlaid with a gold eye & tongue. Top edge of hammer is inlaid with a gold arrow. Accompanied by its orig rosewood casing with empty plaque in the lid and French fitted in bottom for the revolver, a miniature Dixon bag flask that is marked on the top, a miniature packet of combustible cartridges, a miniature tin of Eley’s caps, a miniature L-shaped nipple wrench and a miniature 2-cavity bullet mold without sprue cutter. Inside lid has a miniature reproduction of the Directions for Loading label. Accompanied by an NRA silver club medal, #63, for one of the ten best miniature weapons. CONDITION: Crisp & new, retaining virtually all of its brilliant orig finish. Case & contents are also new. 4-45696 JR189 (10,000-20,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012

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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	1504	$0.00	RARE FUNCTIONING MINIATURE GOLD INLAID COLT MODEL 1860 ARMY PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 162878E. Precise scale miniature of the cased pair of 1860 Army revolvers being sold elsewhere in this auction. It has 3-3/4″ rnd bbl, German silver front sight and 1-line address inlaid in gold “ADDRESS COL. COLT LONDON”. Frame is beautifully color case hardened, 3-screw style, cut for shoulder stock that has “COLTS PATENT” in inlaid in gold on left side. The brass trigger guard & steel backstrap are gold plated and contain a 1-pc ebony grip that is very delicately raise carved with an eagle & shield along with Lady Liberty and a tree on left side that is probably symbolic of the Venerable “Charter Oak”. It has a raised anchor surrounded by acanthus leaves and vines on right side. Bbl is inlaid in gold with a flying eagle on left side clutching arrows and a ribbon inscribed “E PLURIBUS UNUM”. Right side has seated Lady Liberty with a shield & staff topped by a Liberty cap. Both sides of bbl, top of bbl and around muzzle have foliate arabesque patterns inlaid in gold. Cyl is rebated with six chambers and has the Ormsby Naval Battle scene roll marking with foliate arabesque patterns and gold wire borders. Frame & recoil shields are outlined gold wire with the hammer having gold wire outline and an engraved wolf’s head on each side of hammer nose inlaid with a gold eye & tongue. Top edge of hammer is inlaid with a gold arrow. Accompanied by its orig rosewood casing with empty plaque in the lid and French fitted in bottom for the revolver, a miniature Dixon bag flask that is marked on the top, a miniature packet of combustible cartridges, a miniature tin of Eley’s caps, a miniature L-shaped nipple wrench and a miniature 2-cavity bullet mold without sprue cutter. Inside lid has a miniature reproduction of the Directions for Loading label. Accompanied by an NRA silver club medal, #63, for one of the ten best miniature weapons. CONDITION: Crisp & new, retaining virtually all of its brilliant orig finish. Case & contents are also new. 4-45696 JR189 (10,000-20,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012 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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