SCARCE CASED ENGRAVED BLISS & GOODYEAR POCKET MODEL PERCUSSION REVOLVER.

SCARCE CASED ENGRAVED BLISS & GOODYEAR POCKET MODEL PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 686. Cal. 28. Tiny percussion revolver with 3″ oct bbl, brass pin front sight and 1-line address on top flat. Bottom of bbl has a 3-pc rammer with ball & detent style latch and it has a spur trigger with visible cylinder latch spring in bottom of frame. Receiver, cylinder & rammer pivot are nicely engraved in New York style with sweeping foliate arabesque patterns with punch dot background. Cylinder is engraved in areas between chambers with geometric patterns and shaded backgrounds. Top of back strap has an engraved pattern identical to that found on cylinder. Mounted with 2-pc ivory grips with a stylized Mexican eagle on left side. Eagle has its wings raised straight up and is clutching a snake in its beak & talons. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms only about 3,000 of these tiny revolvers were made in about 1860. Accompanied by its orig mahogany casing with beveled top edges and a mortised brass lock with brass escutcheon. Case is purple velvet lined and compartmented in bottom for revolver, a tiny dbl sided Colt style eagle flask with crossed revolvers at bottom. Also accompanying is a brass nutcracker style ball mold with sprue cutter and a lacquered tin of Goldmark’s caps. CONDITION: Good to very good. Bbl retains 50-60% thin orig blue with top flats having been cleaned which has thinned bbl address. Balance of revolver is a dark gray patina with dark case colors on rammer pivot & handle. Grips are sound with one minor age line and retain a fine mellow ivory patina. Grip screw is a replacement. Mechanics are fine, dark eroded bore. Case has a grain check in bottom, otherwise is completely sound and retains most of its fine orig varnish, having been cleaned, with minor nicks & scratches. Interior is heavily faded & soiled with right rear partition loose which has damaged lining in bottom. Flask is very fine and mold is good. Altogether a scarce & unusual set. 4-35960 JR41 (2,500-4,000)

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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2101	$2,875.00	SCARCE CASED ENGRAVED BLISS & GOODYEAR POCKET MODEL PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 686. Cal. 28. Tiny percussion revolver with 3″ oct bbl, brass pin front sight and 1-line address on top flat. Bottom of bbl has a 3-pc rammer with ball & detent style latch and it has a spur trigger with visible cylinder latch spring in bottom of frame. Receiver, cylinder & rammer pivot are nicely engraved in New York style with sweeping foliate arabesque patterns with punch dot background. Cylinder is engraved in areas between chambers with geometric patterns and shaded backgrounds. Top of back strap has an engraved pattern identical to that found on cylinder. Mounted with 2-pc ivory grips with a stylized Mexican eagle on left side. Eagle has its wings raised straight up and is clutching a snake in its beak & talons. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms only about 3,000 of these tiny revolvers were made in about 1860. Accompanied by its orig mahogany casing with beveled top edges and a mortised brass lock with brass escutcheon. Case is purple velvet lined and compartmented in bottom for revolver, a tiny dbl sided Colt style eagle flask with crossed revolvers at bottom. Also accompanying is a brass nutcracker style ball mold with sprue cutter and a lacquered tin of Goldmark’s caps. CONDITION: Good to very good. Bbl retains 50-60% thin orig blue with top flats having been cleaned which has thinned bbl address. Balance of revolver is a dark gray patina with dark case colors on rammer pivot & handle. Grips are sound with one minor age line and retain a fine mellow ivory patina. Grip screw is a replacement. Mechanics are fine, dark eroded bore. Case has a grain check in bottom, otherwise is completely sound and retains most of its fine orig varnish, having been cleaned, with minor nicks & scratches. Interior is heavily faded & soiled with right rear partition loose which has damaged lining in bottom. Flask is very fine and mold is good. Altogether a scarce & unusual set. 4-35960 JR41 (2,500-4,000) 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.

.red{fill:#B50938;} .white{fill:#FFFFFF;} .blue{fill:#005596;}