Sold for $3,900
.31 caliber. 4" octagonal barrel. SN: 8480 (mfg. ca.1855). Blued and color casehardened finish, large iron triggerguard and iron back strap, varnished one-piece walnut grip. Single action percussion revolver with five chambered smooth round cylinder with stage coach hold up scene, hammer nose notch rear sight and brass cone front sight. Two line bracketed barrel address reads {ADDRESS COL COLT/LONDON}. Lower left of frame marked COLT'S/PATENT. Left of barrel web and cylinder with London commercial proof marks. Matching serial numbers throughout, including wedge. Revolver is contained in an English partitioned wood case with a red baize lining and the paper label loading instructions in the lid. It includes an assortment of accessories which are a James Dixon & Sons marked bag shaped powder flask, a blued iron dual cavity COLT'S/PATENT marked mold, a combination L-shaped screwdriver and cone wrench, an English cleaning rod with blued iron ball head, a spare mainspring and a cap tin with a green paper W&C Eley label. The wood case had a brass escutcheon plate in the lid which is now missing and filled with an ill fitting piece of wood. Overall an attractive cased set with a fine condition revolver.
Fine. Bore good, with strong rifling and moderate pitting scattered along its length. Barrel with much of the original blue intact, with loss due to flaking, handling and use. Cylinder with some traces of blue and nearly all of the cylinder scene. Frame with much of the vibrant mottled case coloring. Backstrap and triggerguard with a moderately oxidized brown patina. Markings clear and crisp throughout. Revolver is mechanically functional but displays some intermittent timing issues that result in occasional over travel of the cylinder, resulting in improper indexing. All of the safety pins are intact on the rear of the cylinder and show some wear. The hammer screw appears to be a replacement. Other screws appear to be correct domed-head London Colt screws. Grip very good to fine with much of the varnish intact, showing some wear and loss and scattered minor bumps, dings and mars. Accessories all very good to fine. Flask with some of the lacquer with a moderate ding along the lower edge of the seam, mold with much of the blue with loss due to flaking, tool fine, but apparently sized for navy and not a pocket revolver, cleaning rod fine, cap tin about very good. Case good to very good with moderate wear to the exterior, the replaced escutcheon plate in the lid as mentioned above, scattered dings and mars and some wear and minor loss to the lining. Paper label with wear and loss and what appears to be a period written price with a name below it near the lower right edge.