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* COLT, LONDON
AN EXTREMELY FINE CASED .36 PERCUSSION GOLD DAMASCENED SIX-SHOT REVOLVER, MODEL '1851 NAVY', serial no. 32938,
manufactured 1855 and decorated for the Indian market, with 7 1/2in. octagonal barrel, the top-flat signed 'ADDRESS COL COLT LONDON', plain cylinder, open iron frame, iron grip-straps and trigger-guard, smooth walnut grips, the whole pistol profusely and fully covered with gold damascened patterns of panelled vines and flowers with minimal losses to finish TOGETHER WITH its manufacturers English market oak case, compartmented and lined in green baize, Colt's instruction label to inside of lid and including an 'L' shaped nipple key, iron ball and bullet mould, large bag-shaped powder flask signed 'James Dixon & Son, Sheffield', a Joyce's cap tin and a pewter oil bottle
Provenance: Ex Rapley, New Zealand collection
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Estimate £7,000-10,000