ENGRAVED SILVER PLATED COLT POCKET NAVY CARTRIDGE CONVERSION REVOLVER WITH TIFFANY STYLE GRIP.

ENGRAVED SILVER PLATED COLT POCKET NAVY CARTRIDGE CONVERSION REVOLVER WITH TIFFANY STYLE GRIP. SN 27881. Cal. 38 RF. Silver finish with 6-1/2″ rnd bbl, brass pin front sight and 1-line New-York U.S. America address. Left side of frame is engraved “COLT’S PATENT” in a dbl ribbon. Rebated cyl is 5-shots with the usual factory conversion ring and loading gate with external spring. Mounted with a silver plated cast bronze Tiffany style grip with wonderful raised foliate arabesque patterns, acanthus leaves & a deep relief Mexican eagle along the back strap surmounted by an empty initial oval. Butt cap is an oval rosette. Frame, cyl & bbl are beautifully engraved in New York style with full coverage flowing arabesque patterns on the frame with punch dot background. Conversion ring is engraved in feather patterns around the outer edge. Hammer is beautifully engraved in foliate arabesque & feather patterns with hand-cut checkered hammer spur. Engraving extends up both sides of bbl with a fine dbl border around address which terminates in geometric patterns. There are matching foliate arabesque patterns on each side of muzzle. Outer radius of ejector rod housing is engraved in spiral foliate arabesque patterns. Cyl is also matching engraved in foliate arabesque patterns in place of the usual roll marking. The three frame screws and front trigger guard screw are all nicely engraved. Cyl arbor is numbered “163” and the loading gate “199”. No number was visible on the cyl or grip. CONDITION: Fine plus, all matching except wedge which is properly unnumbered and as noted above. Overall retains most of a fine professionally restored finish with some pin prick pitting inside trigger bow, on sides of front strap under grip and sides of hammer under the grip with a repaired hammer roller pin. Hammer spring is a replacement. Hammer is not solid in half cock notch, otherwise mechanics are fine, strong sharp bore with fine pitting. 4-40150 (9,000-12,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2010

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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	2240	$10,350.00	ENGRAVED SILVER PLATED COLT POCKET NAVY CARTRIDGE CONVERSION REVOLVER WITH TIFFANY STYLE GRIP. SN 27881. Cal. 38 RF. Silver finish with 6-1/2″ rnd bbl, brass pin front sight and 1-line New-York U.S. America address. Left side of frame is engraved “COLT’S PATENT” in a dbl ribbon. Rebated cyl is 5-shots with the usual factory conversion ring and loading gate with external spring. Mounted with a silver plated cast bronze Tiffany style grip with wonderful raised foliate arabesque patterns, acanthus leaves & a deep relief Mexican eagle along the back strap surmounted by an empty initial oval. Butt cap is an oval rosette. Frame, cyl & bbl are beautifully engraved in New York style with full coverage flowing arabesque patterns on the frame with punch dot background. Conversion ring is engraved in feather patterns around the outer edge. Hammer is beautifully engraved in foliate arabesque & feather patterns with hand-cut checkered hammer spur. Engraving extends up both sides of bbl with a fine dbl border around address which terminates in geometric patterns. There are matching foliate arabesque patterns on each side of muzzle. Outer radius of ejector rod housing is engraved in spiral foliate arabesque patterns. Cyl is also matching engraved in foliate arabesque patterns in place of the usual roll marking. The three frame screws and front trigger guard screw are all nicely engraved. Cyl arbor is numbered “163” and the loading gate “199”. No number was visible on the cyl or grip. CONDITION: Fine plus, all matching except wedge which is properly unnumbered and as noted above. Overall retains most of a fine professionally restored finish with some pin prick pitting inside trigger bow, on sides of front strap under grip and sides of hammer under the grip with a repaired hammer roller pin. Hammer spring is a replacement. Hammer is not solid in half cock notch, otherwise mechanics are fine, strong sharp bore with fine pitting. 4-40150 (9,000-12,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2010 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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