VERY FINE CASED COLT MODEL 1851 LONDON NAVY PERCUSSION REVOLVER.

VERY FINE CASED COLT MODEL 1851 LONDON NAVY PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 33259. Cal. 36. Wonderful London Navy with 7-1/2″ oct bbl, brass pin front sight and “ADDRESS. COL: COLT. LONDON.” with arrows at each end. Cyl is usual 6-shots with Ormsby Naval battle scene. Bbl lug & cyl have British proofs. Left side of frame is marked “COLTS PATENT” with a broken “S”. Trigger guard & backstrap are blued steel with large trigger bow and contains a nicely figured 1-pc walnut grip with matching SN in backstrap channel. Backstrap channel is also marked ” FOLEY / LONDON. UK” and what appears to be “1958” or could be “1858”. Serial number is also in orig ink in buttstrap channel. Bbl lug is thick type with a simple V-loading notch. Accompanied by its orig rnd-edged mahogany casing with an empty scalloped edge plate in center of lid. Interior is rose-colored velvet lined, compartmented in bottom for revolver, a Dixon bag-shaped flask, a blued steel 2-cavity London mold with “COLTS PATENT” sprue cutter, a fire-blued L-shaped nipple wrench, a crisp 500-count laquered tin of Eley’s caps, a packet of six combustible cartridges and a blued all-metal cleaning rod in rear edge. A superb and complete London Navy set. PROVENANCE: Peter Wainwright Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine, all matching including wedge & grip. Overall appears to be unfired. Bbl retains 40-50% glossy orig blue with balance flaked, not worn, to a medium patina. Edges are sharp & crisp. Rammer & handle retain about all of their orig bright case colors. Frame & hammer retain about all of their brilliant orig case colors, slightly faded on recoil shields. Cyl retains a thin blue patina having flaked nearly all of its orig blue finish and retains about 99% Ormsby Naval battle scene. All six safety pins are crisp. Trigger guard & back strap retain strong blue in sheltered areas having mostly flaked to a blue/gray patina. Grip is sound & crisp with a very few, very minor handling & storage marks and retains about all of its orig varnish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. Case has a grain check in right rear corner of lid and another in bottom and has usual handling & storage marks and retains most of its orig varnish. Interior is lightly faded & soiled. Flask is crisp & new with only three or four tiny spots of discoloration. Mold retains about 90% glossy orig blue with balance having flaked to a medium patina with one spot of pitting on left handle. Nipple wrench retains about all of its orig fire-blue. Cap tin & cartridge packet are crisp and cleaning rod retains 75-80% orig blue. A truly wonderful & crisp orig set. 4-38192 JR255 (9,000-14,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009

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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	2318	$13,800.00	VERY FINE CASED COLT MODEL 1851 LONDON NAVY PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 33259. Cal. 36. Wonderful London Navy with 7-1/2″ oct bbl, brass pin front sight and “ADDRESS. COL: COLT. LONDON.” with arrows at each end. Cyl is usual 6-shots with Ormsby Naval battle scene. Bbl lug & cyl have British proofs. Left side of frame is marked “COLTS PATENT” with a broken “S”. Trigger guard & backstrap are blued steel with large trigger bow and contains a nicely figured 1-pc walnut grip with matching SN in backstrap channel. Backstrap channel is also marked ” FOLEY / LONDON. UK” and what appears to be “1958” or could be “1858”. Serial number is also in orig ink in buttstrap channel. Bbl lug is thick type with a simple V-loading notch. Accompanied by its orig rnd-edged mahogany casing with an empty scalloped edge plate in center of lid. Interior is rose-colored velvet lined, compartmented in bottom for revolver, a Dixon bag-shaped flask, a blued steel 2-cavity London mold with “COLTS PATENT” sprue cutter, a fire-blued L-shaped nipple wrench, a crisp 500-count laquered tin of Eley’s caps, a packet of six combustible cartridges and a blued all-metal cleaning rod in rear edge. A superb and complete London Navy set. PROVENANCE: Peter Wainwright Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine, all matching including wedge & grip. Overall appears to be unfired. Bbl retains 40-50% glossy orig blue with balance flaked, not worn, to a medium patina. Edges are sharp & crisp. Rammer & handle retain about all of their orig bright case colors. Frame & hammer retain about all of their brilliant orig case colors, slightly faded on recoil shields. Cyl retains a thin blue patina having flaked nearly all of its orig blue finish and retains about 99% Ormsby Naval battle scene. All six safety pins are crisp. Trigger guard & back strap retain strong blue in sheltered areas having mostly flaked to a blue/gray patina. Grip is sound & crisp with a very few, very minor handling & storage marks and retains about all of its orig varnish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. Case has a grain check in right rear corner of lid and another in bottom and has usual handling & storage marks and retains most of its orig varnish. Interior is lightly faded & soiled. Flask is crisp & new with only three or four tiny spots of discoloration. Mold retains about 90% glossy orig blue with balance having flaked to a medium patina with one spot of pitting on left handle. Nipple wrench retains about all of its orig fire-blue. Cap tin & cartridge packet are crisp and cleaning rod retains 75-80% orig blue. A truly wonderful & crisp orig set. 4-38192 JR255 (9,000-14,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009 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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