RARE CASED ENGRAVED 1855 ROOT NO. 3 SIDE HAMMER PERCUSSION REVOLVER WITH SILVER FINISH.

RARE CASED ENGRAVED 1855 ROOT NO. 3 SIDE HAMMER PERCUSSION REVOLVER WITH SILVER FINISH. SN 26528. Cal. 28. Full silver plated with 3-1/2″ oct bbl, with pin front sight and pointing hand motif bbl address. Cylinder is unfluted with five chambers. Receiver, bbl, hammer, back strap & butt strap are all beautifully engraved in Gustave Young style with fine foliate arabesque patterns that have punch dot background. Top strap is engraved to match with matching patterns on lands between the flutes on the cylinder. Mounted with a 1-pc burl walnut grip. Accompanied by an extraordinary brass bound, deluxe, rosewood casing with faded burgundy velvet lining compartmented in bottom for the revolver, a sliver plated 2-cavity “COLTS PATENT” mold with sprue cutter and a silver plated brass or copper tiny ribbed flask. Right rear compartment contains a tin for caps with a reproduction Eley’s label on lid. Left rear compartment is empty. A rectangular plate in the lid is engraved in Olde English script “BA”. Few of these little revolvers were ever engraved and encountering a deluxe rosewood casing is most rare. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Overall retains about all of a fine professional, possibly factory, restored silver finish. Grip also retains a fine professionally restored finish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore with a few scattered spots of roughness. Case is exceptional and completely sound with only minor nicks & scratches. Interior is moderately faded with light soil and compression stains from the cylinder & hammer screw. Accessories are very fine. Altogether a very beautiful and rare set. 4-37994 (10,000-20,000)

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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	2090	$0.00	RARE CASED ENGRAVED 1855 ROOT NO. 3 SIDE HAMMER PERCUSSION REVOLVER WITH SILVER FINISH. SN 26528. Cal. 28. Full silver plated with 3-1/2″ oct bbl, with pin front sight and pointing hand motif bbl address. Cylinder is unfluted with five chambers. Receiver, bbl, hammer, back strap & butt strap are all beautifully engraved in Gustave Young style with fine foliate arabesque patterns that have punch dot background. Top strap is engraved to match with matching patterns on lands between the flutes on the cylinder. Mounted with a 1-pc burl walnut grip. Accompanied by an extraordinary brass bound, deluxe, rosewood casing with faded burgundy velvet lining compartmented in bottom for the revolver, a sliver plated 2-cavity “COLTS PATENT” mold with sprue cutter and a silver plated brass or copper tiny ribbed flask. Right rear compartment contains a tin for caps with a reproduction Eley’s label on lid. Left rear compartment is empty. A rectangular plate in the lid is engraved in Olde English script “BA”. Few of these little revolvers were ever engraved and encountering a deluxe rosewood casing is most rare. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Overall retains about all of a fine professional, possibly factory, restored silver finish. Grip also retains a fine professionally restored finish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore with a few scattered spots of roughness. Case is exceptional and completely sound with only minor nicks & scratches. Interior is moderately faded with light soil and compression stains from the cylinder & hammer screw. Accessories are very fine. Altogether a very beautiful and rare set. 4-37994 (10,000-20,000) 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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