VERY RARE CASED ENGRAVED PRESENTATION COOPER POCKET MODEL DA PERCUSSION REVOLVER.

VERY RARE CASED ENGRAVED PRESENTATION COOPER POCKET MODEL DA PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 6515. Cal. 31. Silver & gold finish with 4″ oct bbl, pin front sight & 3 line bbl address. It has brass trigger guard & back strap with beautiful one piece checkered ivory grip with purple dye. It has 6 shot cylinder. Frame, bbl lug, rammer pivot, backstrap and triggerguard are beautifully engraved by Gustav Young in his fine deluxe coverage consisting of sweeping foliate arabesque patterns with flower blossoms in the center and a bird’s head on the left side of the bbl lug, all with very fine punch dot background. Rammer, rammer handle, cylinder, hammer and trigger are gold plated with the bbl, triggerguard and backstrap being silver plated. Accompanied by its original, rose velvet lined walnut casing, compartmented in the bottom for the revolver, a silver plated, double sided eagle flask and a brass two-cavity mold. A corner compartment contains a small tin of Goldmark’s caps. The lid of the case has a 2-15/16″ by 1-1/2″ rectangular silver plate with cut corners bearing the period script engraved presentation “Presented to / William Warnock / by the / Philad’a Police. Benef’t Socy. of Penn’a / for returning, $1,014.50 for tickets sold / for their benefit / Dec 19th 1865.” CONDITION: Fine to very fine, all matching. Bbl retains 95-96% strong original silver with flaked areas a dark patina. The rammer and rammer handle retain 95% strong original gold plating with some scrapes on the rammer. Cylinder retains 60-70% gold plating with some underplating copper showing through and one area of moderate to deep pitting. Frame, trigger guard and backstrap retain most of their original silver plating. The trigger retains most of its original gold with the hammer retaining about 50% of its original gold. Grip has two little chips in left toe and another on right front edge, otherwise it is sound with a mellow ivory color and purple in the checkering. Trigger screw is a replacement. Mechanics are fine, strong bright bore with scattered light to moderate pitting. Case is overall extremely fine. Exterior retains most of its strong original varnish with light nicks and scratches. Interior is moderately faded with wear from the front sight and hammer spur, one partition is slightly loose. The flask is fine, retaining just about all of its original silver plating with three or four small dents on bottom edge. Mold and cap tin are also fine. 4-35061 JR91 (15,000-18,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2008

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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	2303	$9,200.00	VERY RARE CASED ENGRAVED PRESENTATION COOPER POCKET MODEL DA PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 6515. Cal. 31. Silver & gold finish with 4″ oct bbl, pin front sight & 3 line bbl address. It has brass trigger guard & back strap with beautiful one piece checkered ivory grip with purple dye. It has 6 shot cylinder. Frame, bbl lug, rammer pivot, backstrap and triggerguard are beautifully engraved by Gustav Young in his fine deluxe coverage consisting of sweeping foliate arabesque patterns with flower blossoms in the center and a bird’s head on the left side of the bbl lug, all with very fine punch dot background. Rammer, rammer handle, cylinder, hammer and trigger are gold plated with the bbl, triggerguard and backstrap being silver plated. Accompanied by its original, rose velvet lined walnut casing, compartmented in the bottom for the revolver, a silver plated, double sided eagle flask and a brass two-cavity mold. A corner compartment contains a small tin of Goldmark’s caps. The lid of the case has a 2-15/16″ by 1-1/2″ rectangular silver plate with cut corners bearing the period script engraved presentation “Presented to / William Warnock / by the / Philad’a Police. Benef’t Socy. of Penn’a / for returning, $1,014.50 for tickets sold / for their benefit / Dec 19th 1865.” CONDITION: Fine to very fine, all matching. Bbl retains 95-96% strong original silver with flaked areas a dark patina. The rammer and rammer handle retain 95% strong original gold plating with some scrapes on the rammer. Cylinder retains 60-70% gold plating with some underplating copper showing through and one area of moderate to deep pitting. Frame, trigger guard and backstrap retain most of their original silver plating. The trigger retains most of its original gold with the hammer retaining about 50% of its original gold. Grip has two little chips in left toe and another on right front edge, otherwise it is sound with a mellow ivory color and purple in the checkering. Trigger screw is a replacement. Mechanics are fine, strong bright bore with scattered light to moderate pitting. Case is overall extremely fine. Exterior retains most of its strong original varnish with light nicks and scratches. Interior is moderately faded with wear from the front sight and hammer spur, one partition is slightly loose. The flask is fine, retaining just about all of its original silver plating with three or four small dents on bottom edge. Mold and cap tin are also fine. 4-35061 JR91 (15,000-18,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2008 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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