A Very Fine Cased Bank Note Engraved Colt London Navy Revolver. 13 ¾” overall, 7 ½” octagonal barrel with bead foresight & address ‘Col Colt London’ between arrows, London Proofs on left hand barrel & also on the cylinder, naval cylinder scene with ‘Engraved by W. H. Ormsby. New York’, frame stamped on left hand side ‘Colts patent’ in a scroll. Large silver steel trigger guard & backstrap, parts numbered 9044 over a dot, original wedge numbered 44. Varnished figured walnut grips. In its original oak dark blue velvet lined London case with ‘Directions for Loading Colt’s Pistols’ label in the lid, original accessories comprising a large Dixon Patent Colts Flask’, Colts patent iron bullet mould, turnscrew, cleaning rod, key & Joyce cap tin.
No. 9044 for 1854.
Pistol in good condition, crisp action, most original finish. Walnut grips fine, case in good condition.