Main Sale - March 2013 : Sale A1070 Lot 568
COLT, LONDON A FINE CASED .31 PERCUSSION SIX-SHOT REVOLVER, MODEL 1849 LONDON RETAILED POCKET, serial no. 261836,

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COLT, LONDON
A FINE CASED .31 PERCUSSION SIX-SHOT REVOLVER, MODEL '1849 LONDON RETAILED POCKET', serial no. 261836,
for 1864, with contemporary London re-finished blued 5in. barrel signed 'ADDRESS COL SAML COLT NEW-YORK US' (faint), plain cylinder with roll-stamped stagecoach scene, period London re-coloured frame stamped 'COLTS PATENT' (faint), silver-plated grip-straps and trigger-guard, smooth walnut grips, the whole retaining virtually all its period London finish and colour TOGETHER WITH its original English market oak case, the lid interior with gummed 'Colt' paper instruction label addressed to '14 PALL MALL LONDON S.W.', the lower tray compartmented and lined in green baize and retaining a full compliment of original accessories including 'Eley Bros.' caps and wire cartridges, a steel ball and bullet mould marked '.31 PKT', a 'James Dixon' copper bodied bag-shaped flask with all its finish, a cleaning rod, 'L' shaped nipple-key, spare mainspring and nipples (some staining and scuffs to case outer, lock escutcheon missing)

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Estimate £3,000-5,000