PERIOD STEEL ENGRAVING OF SAMUEL COLT.

PERIOD STEEL ENGRAVING OF SAMUEL COLT. This outstanding engraving, with facsimile signature of Colt beneath, was taken from the posthumous oil portrait of 1865 by Charles Loring Elliot. Marked in the plate, “PROOF J.I. PEASE 1876”. James Ives Pease was a noted American engraver who specialized in banknote engraving. It is elegantly matted and framed in an American deep ebonized frame with faux fish scale motif, of the period. The print was intended for an unidentified publication of the centennial period and may never have been published. SIZE: Steel engraved image: 5-5/8” wide x 8” high. Including frame: 19-3/4” wide x 23-3/4” high. PROVENANCE: Ex John Hintlian collection, 1975. CONDITION: Generally very good. 4-35496 JDJ6 (1,000-1,500)

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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2304	$1,150.00	PERIOD STEEL ENGRAVING OF SAMUEL COLT. This outstanding engraving, with facsimile signature of Colt beneath, was taken from the posthumous oil portrait of 1865 by Charles Loring Elliot. Marked in the plate, “PROOF J.I. PEASE 1876”. James Ives Pease was a noted American engraver who specialized in banknote engraving. It is elegantly matted and framed in an American deep ebonized frame with faux fish scale motif, of the period. The print was intended for an unidentified publication of the centennial period and may never have been published. SIZE: Steel engraved image: 5-5/8” wide x 8” high. Including frame: 19-3/4” wide x 23-3/4” high. PROVENANCE: Ex John Hintlian collection, 1975. CONDITION: Generally very good. 4-35496 JDJ6 (1,000-1,500) 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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