EXTRAORDINARY ENGRAVED & GOLD INLAID COLT MODEL 1860 ARMY PERCUSSION REVOLVER.

EXTRAORDINARY ENGRAVED & GOLD INLAID COLT MODEL 1860 ARMY PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 113487. Cal. 44. Spectacular custom engraved & finished ’60 Army with 7-13/16″ bbl, slightly reduced from orig 8″ with slightly altered orig German silver front sight and gold inlaid in 1-line “ADDRESS-COL-SAML COLT-NEW-YORK-US-AMERICA”. Both sides of frame are inlaid in gold “COLTS PATENT”. Bbl & cyl are beautifully browned with the rammer & handle, frame, hammer & back strap beautifully bone charcoal color case hardened. Trigger guard & front strap are gold plated brass. Mounted with extraordinary, highly figured 1-pc walnut grip, fully checkered with about 24-lines per inch and carved oak leaves at the top. Frame is engraved in full coverage extremely fine foliate arabesque patterns with very fine shaded background. Left side of frame is inlaid with a raised gold setter on point and an elaborate dbl fleur-de-lis raised gold pattern around “COLTS PATENT”. Left recoil shield has two raised gold pheasants and the right recoil shield another. Right side of frame is inlaid with a raised gold setter on point with matching raised gold fleur-de-lis patterns around “COLTS PATENT”. Both sides of bbl lug are engraved with equally gorgeous matching fine foliate arabesque patterns with a raised gold dog or fox on each side. Rammer pivot is engraved to match. Gullets of the bbl lug have flowing shaded panels and the sides of bbl and over top of bbl are inlaid with intricately intertwined raised gold foliate arabesque patterns with matching patterns over top of forcing cone. There are flat gold inlaid arabesque patterns in two fine gold vines around muzzle. Cylinder is almost indescribably engraved with eleven panels of very intricate, intertwined foliate arabesque patterns on the major circumference and with matching raised gold foliate arabesque patterns around rebated area and on lands between the nipple recesses. The 12th panel on the cyl is inlaid with large flat gold lettering “COLT PATENT” (sic)/ NO 113487″. Back strap, butt strap & trigger bow are all engraved with intricate matching foliate arabesque patterns and almost every surface on the bbl, frame, cyl, hammer, back strap & butt strap are outlined in fine gold wire. All of screws are gold plated. Bottom of bbl lug is inlaid in flat gold “DEWIL LIEGE”, Rene Dewil, Master Engraver for Fabrique Nationale/Browning Arms. Right side of the front strap under the grip is hand stamped “T. KIRKLAND / UNION CITY / TENN. / 1961 REFINISHED” with a small “5”. Left side of butt strap under the grip is stamped “T. KIRKLAND”. The late Turner Kirkland was the patriarch of the Kirkland Family who owns Dixie Gun Works of Union City, TN. Serial numbers on bottom of bbl flat & bottom of frame are hand engraved while the numbers on the trigger guard are orig stampings. Serial number on butt strap has been obliterated by engraving. This cataloger has examined & described many extraordinary custom engraved firearms in the past 20 years, but this one ranks as one of the most beautiful ever examined. CONDITION: Extremely fine, retains all of its fine custom finish with lovely browns on bbl & cyl and brilliant case colors on rammer & handle, frame, hammer, back strap & butt strap. Grip is sound and retains about all of its fine varnish finish. Mechanics are fine, worn dark bore. 4-42659 JR146 (12,500-17,500)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2011

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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	2133	$0.00	EXTRAORDINARY ENGRAVED & GOLD INLAID COLT MODEL 1860 ARMY PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 113487. Cal. 44. Spectacular custom engraved & finished ’60 Army with 7-13/16″ bbl, slightly reduced from orig 8″ with slightly altered orig German silver front sight and gold inlaid in 1-line “ADDRESS-COL-SAML COLT-NEW-YORK-US-AMERICA”. Both sides of frame are inlaid in gold “COLTS PATENT”. Bbl & cyl are beautifully browned with the rammer & handle, frame, hammer & back strap beautifully bone charcoal color case hardened. Trigger guard & front strap are gold plated brass. Mounted with extraordinary, highly figured 1-pc walnut grip, fully checkered with about 24-lines per inch and carved oak leaves at the top. Frame is engraved in full coverage extremely fine foliate arabesque patterns with very fine shaded background. Left side of frame is inlaid with a raised gold setter on point and an elaborate dbl fleur-de-lis raised gold pattern around “COLTS PATENT”. Left recoil shield has two raised gold pheasants and the right recoil shield another. Right side of frame is inlaid with a raised gold setter on point with matching raised gold fleur-de-lis patterns around “COLTS PATENT”. Both sides of bbl lug are engraved with equally gorgeous matching fine foliate arabesque patterns with a raised gold dog or fox on each side. Rammer pivot is engraved to match. Gullets of the bbl lug have flowing shaded panels and the sides of bbl and over top of bbl are inlaid with intricately intertwined raised gold foliate arabesque patterns with matching patterns over top of forcing cone. There are flat gold inlaid arabesque patterns in two fine gold vines around muzzle. Cylinder is almost indescribably engraved with eleven panels of very intricate, intertwined foliate arabesque patterns on the major circumference and with matching raised gold foliate arabesque patterns around rebated area and on lands between the nipple recesses. The 12th panel on the cyl is inlaid with large flat gold lettering “COLT PATENT” (sic)/ NO 113487″. Back strap, butt strap & trigger bow are all engraved with intricate matching foliate arabesque patterns and almost every surface on the bbl, frame, cyl, hammer, back strap & butt strap are outlined in fine gold wire. All of screws are gold plated. Bottom of bbl lug is inlaid in flat gold “DEWIL LIEGE”, Rene Dewil, Master Engraver for Fabrique Nationale/Browning Arms. Right side of the front strap under the grip is hand stamped “T. KIRKLAND / UNION CITY / TENN. / 1961 REFINISHED” with a small “5”. Left side of butt strap under the grip is stamped “T. KIRKLAND”. The late Turner Kirkland was the patriarch of the Kirkland Family who owns Dixie Gun Works of Union City, TN. Serial numbers on bottom of bbl flat & bottom of frame are hand engraved while the numbers on the trigger guard are orig stampings. Serial number on butt strap has been obliterated by engraving. This cataloger has examined & described many extraordinary custom engraved firearms in the past 20 years, but this one ranks as one of the most beautiful ever examined. CONDITION: Extremely fine, retains all of its fine custom finish with lovely browns on bbl & cyl and brilliant case colors on rammer & handle, frame, hammer, back strap & butt strap. Grip is sound and retains about all of its fine varnish finish. Mechanics are fine, worn dark bore. 4-42659 JR146 (12,500-17,500) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2011 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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