RARE CASED ENGRAVED PRESENTATION SMITH & WESSON NO. 2 ARMY SPUR TRIGGER REVOLVER.

RARE CASED ENGRAVED PRESENTATION SMITH & WESSON NO. 2 ARMY SPUR TRIGGER REVOLVER. SN 67869. Cal. 32 RF. Silver plated finish with 6″ ribbed oct keyhole shape bbl with half moon front sight and fixed rear sight in the cyl stop. Cyl, hammer & trigger are gold washed. Mounted with smooth, 2-pc, ivory grips, right panel featuring a detailed incise-carved duPont family crest of a mailed arm holding a battle axe over a ribbon inscribed “DEFENDUNT”. Right heel of grip frame, under the grip, is marked with the assembly number “HH3” which number is also found on the front face of the cyl and rear face of bbl lug. The bottom front of the frame is engraved in period block letters & script “PRESENTED / TO / C.T. DUPONT, ESQ. / By his friends / Windsor Augst. 19th. 1872”. C.T. duPont was a practicing attorney and wealthy landowner in the Windsor-Hartford, CT area in the late 19th century. The frame, sides of bbl lug & side flats of the bbl, along with the backstrap & buttstrap are beautifully engraved by master engraver, L.D. Nimschke, in flowing, intertwined foliate arabesque patterns with fine punch dot background. Top of bbl rib is engraved with a chip & dot border with foliate patterns over the top of the bbl lug and a checkered pattern at the front of the top strap. Sides of the hammer slot on the frame is engraved in feather patterns. Cyl has a full circle arabesque pattern with chip & dot border around front edge. Accompanied by its orig, green velvet lined, mahogany casing, compartmented in the bottom for the revolver, an empty 2-pc orange label Union Metallic cartridge box with line drawing of a Smith & Wesson No. 2 Army on the lid and an orig Smith & Wesson wood handled brass cleaning rod. Right grip has the engraved family crest of a mailed arm holding a battle axe over a ribbon inscribed “DEFENDUNT”. CONDITION: Very fine. Overall retains about 70-80% orig silver with light finish losses on the frame & bbl lug with the backstrap a blended gray patina. Cyl is also mostly a blended patina with strong gold wash on rear face and in the engraving; hammer retains about 75% gold wash and the trigger about 60%. Grips are extremely fine with a couple of small nicks and retain a wonderful golden ivory patina. Mechanics are fine, strong bore with light pitting from breech end. Case has a couple of grain checks in the lid and another in the bottom, otherwise is sound with light handling & storage nicks & marks and retains most of its orig varnish; interior is strong & clean with dark orig colors and light soil in the bottom; cleaning rod is fine; box label has a couple of small chips and is lightly faded. 4-46347 JR206 (17,500-27,500)

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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	2217	$13,800.00	RARE CASED ENGRAVED PRESENTATION SMITH & WESSON NO. 2 ARMY SPUR TRIGGER REVOLVER. SN 67869. Cal. 32 RF. Silver plated finish with 6″ ribbed oct keyhole shape bbl with half moon front sight and fixed rear sight in the cyl stop. Cyl, hammer & trigger are gold washed. Mounted with smooth, 2-pc, ivory grips, right panel featuring a detailed incise-carved duPont family crest of a mailed arm holding a battle axe over a ribbon inscribed “DEFENDUNT”. Right heel of grip frame, under the grip, is marked with the assembly number “HH3” which number is also found on the front face of the cyl and rear face of bbl lug. The bottom front of the frame is engraved in period block letters & script “PRESENTED / TO / C.T. DUPONT, ESQ. / By his friends / Windsor Augst. 19th. 1872”. C.T. duPont was a practicing attorney and wealthy landowner in the Windsor-Hartford, CT area in the late 19th century. The frame, sides of bbl lug & side flats of the bbl, along with the backstrap & buttstrap are beautifully engraved by master engraver, L.D. Nimschke, in flowing, intertwined foliate arabesque patterns with fine punch dot background. Top of bbl rib is engraved with a chip & dot border with foliate patterns over the top of the bbl lug and a checkered pattern at the front of the top strap. Sides of the hammer slot on the frame is engraved in feather patterns. Cyl has a full circle arabesque pattern with chip & dot border around front edge. Accompanied by its orig, green velvet lined, mahogany casing, compartmented in the bottom for the revolver, an empty 2-pc orange label Union Metallic cartridge box with line drawing of a Smith & Wesson No. 2 Army on the lid and an orig Smith & Wesson wood handled brass cleaning rod. Right grip has the engraved family crest of a mailed arm holding a battle axe over a ribbon inscribed “DEFENDUNT”. CONDITION: Very fine. Overall retains about 70-80% orig silver with light finish losses on the frame & bbl lug with the backstrap a blended gray patina. Cyl is also mostly a blended patina with strong gold wash on rear face and in the engraving; hammer retains about 75% gold wash and the trigger about 60%. Grips are extremely fine with a couple of small nicks and retain a wonderful golden ivory patina. Mechanics are fine, strong bore with light pitting from breech end. Case has a couple of grain checks in the lid and another in the bottom, otherwise is sound with light handling & storage nicks & marks and retains most of its orig varnish; interior is strong & clean with dark orig colors and light soil in the bottom; cleaning rod is fine; box label has a couple of small chips and is lightly faded. 4-46347 JR206 (17,500-27,500) 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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