EXTRAORDINARY (CIVIL WAR PERIOD) DOUBLE CASED FACTORY ENGRAVED PAIR OF COOPER POCKET REVOLVERS IN DELUXE ROSEWOOD SILVER AND BRASS BOUND CASING IN THE FRENCH STYLE.

EXTRAORDINARY (CIVIL WAR PERIOD) DOUBLE CASED FACTORY ENGRAVED PAIR OF COOPER POCKET REVOLVERS IN DELUXE ROSEWOOD SILVER AND BRASS BOUND CASING IN THE FRENCH STYLE. SN 5895 & 6010. Cal. .31. Silver and gold finish with niter blued screws and fantastic checkered 1-pc ivory grips with raised oval on the left sides with a gold initial “M” inset. 5” oct. bbl with the 3-line bbl address. Profusely engraved in the Gustave Young style with full coverage and foliate arabesque patterns on the frames and 60% coverage on the bbls. The rammer pivots are matching engraved with the backstraps, the trigger guard also engraved and the top hammer slot portion of the backstrap also has the distinctive Young style engrave fan motif. The muzzle and the breech of the cylinders are also engraved en-suite. They are in an exceptional rosewood case lined with royal blue, presentation grade, and cotton velveteen, French fitted for the revolvers. Two 2-13/16” diameter ivory cap boxes with the same style of checkering as the grips and powder flask each with the same solid gold “M” monogram. Two silver-plated L-shaped nipple wrenches and a silver-plated 2-cavity mold marked “31 PKT” on the right side. The bottom 2/5 of the box has a drawer for the use of cleaning, disassembling and retaining parts much as seen in the finest cased sporting guns. CONDITION: Extremely fine to excellent and appear unfired. Both are all matching except the wedges, which are unnumbered. #5895 has moderate pitting on the recoil shield and hammer nose with lightly pitted bore. #6010 also has minor pitting on the recoil shield and hammer nose with light rust around the nipples. Strong bright bore with scattered fine pitting. Finish on both revolvers is very fine with a few scattered spots of light oxidation with some bubbling and pimpling around the muzzle end and on the top flat of #6010 (very common on silver-plated guns). All the ivory items are very fine with beautiful mellow patina. Bullet molds and nipple wrenches are fine to excellent. Case has a stress crack across the top with a couple of minor hairlines. The silver escutcheon, which probably had the name of the person for whom these revolvers were made, is now vacant With a small piece of missing inlay, otherwise is sound. PROVENANCE: Richard P. Mellon; Herb Glass Sr.; Alexander Acevedo – (featured in the Alexander catalogue Something for Everyone, Christmas 1988). 4-53833 (70,000-90,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2005

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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	556	$77,625.00	EXTRAORDINARY (CIVIL WAR PERIOD) DOUBLE CASED FACTORY ENGRAVED PAIR OF COOPER POCKET REVOLVERS IN DELUXE ROSEWOOD SILVER AND BRASS BOUND CASING IN THE FRENCH STYLE. SN 5895 & 6010. Cal. .31. Silver and gold finish with niter blued screws and fantastic checkered 1-pc ivory grips with raised oval on the left sides with a gold initial “M” inset. 5” oct. bbl with the 3-line bbl address. Profusely engraved in the Gustave Young style with full coverage and foliate arabesque patterns on the frames and 60% coverage on the bbls. The rammer pivots are matching engraved with the backstraps, the trigger guard also engraved and the top hammer slot portion of the backstrap also has the distinctive Young style engrave fan motif. The muzzle and the breech of the cylinders are also engraved en-suite. They are in an exceptional rosewood case lined with royal blue, presentation grade, and cotton velveteen, French fitted for the revolvers. Two 2-13/16” diameter ivory cap boxes with the same style of checkering as the grips and powder flask each with the same solid gold “M” monogram. Two silver-plated L-shaped nipple wrenches and a silver-plated 2-cavity mold marked “31 PKT” on the right side. The bottom 2/5 of the box has a drawer for the use of cleaning, disassembling and retaining parts much as seen in the finest cased sporting guns. CONDITION: Extremely fine to excellent and appear unfired. Both are all matching except the wedges, which are unnumbered. #5895 has moderate pitting on the recoil shield and hammer nose with lightly pitted bore. #6010 also has minor pitting on the recoil shield and hammer nose with light rust around the nipples. Strong bright bore with scattered fine pitting. Finish on both revolvers is very fine with a few scattered spots of light oxidation with some bubbling and pimpling around the muzzle end and on the top flat of #6010 (very common on silver-plated guns). All the ivory items are very fine with beautiful mellow patina. Bullet molds and nipple wrenches are fine to excellent. Case has a stress crack across the top with a couple of minor hairlines. The silver escutcheon, which probably had the name of the person for whom these revolvers were made, is now vacant With a small piece of missing inlay, otherwise is sound. PROVENANCE: Richard P. Mellon; Herb Glass Sr.; Alexander Acevedo – (featured in the Alexander catalogue Something for Everyone, Christmas 1988). 4-53833 (70,000-90,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2005 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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