EXTRAORDINARY & RARE CASED SILVER PLATED ENGRAVED COLT MODEL 1849 POCKET REVOLVER.

EXTRAORDINARY & RARE CASED SILVER PLATED ENGRAVED COLT MODEL 1849 POCKET REVOLVER. SN 86088. Cal. 31. Silver finish with 6″ oct bbl, brass pin front sight and engraved “SAML COLT” bbl address. Left side of frame is engraved “COLT’S PATENT” in a pillow shape. It has silver plated trigger guard & back strap with small guard & a 1-pc ivory grip. Revolver is engraved in Gustave Young’s deluxe foliate arabesque patterns with full coverage on the frame with several scrolls terminating in flower blossoms. Hammer is also engraved on itssides with a wolf’s head on each side of the hammer nose, with fish scale patterns on top edge and a hand checkered spur in swallow tail pattern. Top of back strap has Mr. Young’s trademark fan with chip border and foliate arabesque patterns near the top, at the heel, on the butt strap & trigger bow. Bbl lug is engraved on both sides and the two top side flats with Mr. Young’s bird head incorporated in one scroll on left side with two scrolls terminating in flower blossoms on right side. Rammer pivot is engraved to match. Cylinder is 5-shot with all five safety pins crisp. All screw heads are engraved in keeping with the deluxe nature of this engraving. Accompanied by a rare Colt style mahogany casing, burgundy velvet lined and French fitted in the bottom for the revolver, a dbl sided brass eagle & shield flask, a brass 2-cavity “COLTS PATENT” mold without sprue cutter, an L-shaped nipple wrench/screwdriver, a lacquered tin of Eley’s caps and a covered compartment with ivory pull in right front containing a packet of Colt’s Cartridge Works combustible cartridges. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching including wedge. Grip was not checked. Overall retains virtually all of an extraordinary professionally restored silver finish. Restoration is of the finest, highest quality equal to Tommy Haas’ best with only a few minor pin pricks of pitting and a nick or two under the plating to disclose the rework. Cylinder is equally fine having been polished and retains about 90% stagecoach holdup scene. Grips are probably old replacements. Mechanics are crisp, strong bore with moderate pitting. Case, also possibly by Tommy Haas, has a grain check in the lid and others in the bottom, otherwise is sound with normal handling & storage nicks & scratches and retains most of its orig varnish. Interior is moderately faded with light soil and completely sound. Flask & mold are a medium mustard patina with nicks & scratches on mold. Nipple wrench & other accessories are fine. 4-38004 JR234 (4,000-6,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2009

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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	2067A	$6,325.00	EXTRAORDINARY & RARE CASED SILVER PLATED ENGRAVED COLT MODEL 1849 POCKET REVOLVER. SN 86088. Cal. 31. Silver finish with 6″ oct bbl, brass pin front sight and engraved “SAML COLT” bbl address. Left side of frame is engraved “COLT’S PATENT” in a pillow shape. It has silver plated trigger guard & back strap with small guard & a 1-pc ivory grip. Revolver is engraved in Gustave Young’s deluxe foliate arabesque patterns with full coverage on the frame with several scrolls terminating in flower blossoms. Hammer is also engraved on itssides with a wolf’s head on each side of the hammer nose, with fish scale patterns on top edge and a hand checkered spur in swallow tail pattern. Top of back strap has Mr. Young’s trademark fan with chip border and foliate arabesque patterns near the top, at the heel, on the butt strap & trigger bow. Bbl lug is engraved on both sides and the two top side flats with Mr. Young’s bird head incorporated in one scroll on left side with two scrolls terminating in flower blossoms on right side. Rammer pivot is engraved to match. Cylinder is 5-shot with all five safety pins crisp. All screw heads are engraved in keeping with the deluxe nature of this engraving. Accompanied by a rare Colt style mahogany casing, burgundy velvet lined and French fitted in the bottom for the revolver, a dbl sided brass eagle & shield flask, a brass 2-cavity “COLTS PATENT” mold without sprue cutter, an L-shaped nipple wrench/screwdriver, a lacquered tin of Eley’s caps and a covered compartment with ivory pull in right front containing a packet of Colt’s Cartridge Works combustible cartridges. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching including wedge. Grip was not checked. Overall retains virtually all of an extraordinary professionally restored silver finish. Restoration is of the finest, highest quality equal to Tommy Haas’ best with only a few minor pin pricks of pitting and a nick or two under the plating to disclose the rework. Cylinder is equally fine having been polished and retains about 90% stagecoach holdup scene. Grips are probably old replacements. Mechanics are crisp, strong bore with moderate pitting. Case, also possibly by Tommy Haas, has a grain check in the lid and others in the bottom, otherwise is sound with normal handling & storage nicks & scratches and retains most of its orig varnish. Interior is moderately faded with light soil and completely sound. Flask & mold are a medium mustard patina with nicks & scratches on mold. Nipple wrench & other accessories are fine. 4-38004 JR234 (4,000-6,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2009 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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