Main Sale - December 2012 : Sale A1068 Lot 571
COLT, LONDON A SCARCE CASED .31 PERCUSSION FIVE-SHOT SINGLE-ACTION REVOLVER, MODEL COLTS 1849 POCKET, serial no. 3223,

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COLT, LONDON
A SCARCE CASED .31 PERCUSSION FIVE-SHOT SINGLE-ACTION REVOLVER, MODEL 'COLT'S 1849 POCKET', serial no. 3223,
for 1854, with blued 5in. barrel, the top-flat with two-line address 'ADDRESS COL COLT, LONDON', plain cylinder with roll-engraved stagecoach scene, plain iron frame marked 'COLT'S PATENT', smooth walnut grip, iron backstrap and trigger-guard, hinged under-barrel rammer, fair traces of bluing and traces of colour throughout, TOGETHER WITH its English market storage case, lined in green baize with compartments containing a flask, cap-tin, steel bullet mould, 'L' shaped nipple-key and cleaning rod, the inner lid with original label for 'DIRECTIONS FOR LOADING COLT'S PISTOLS' and brass vacant escutcheon to lid
Estimate £3,000-5,000