Artist/Maker
Colt Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company
(founded 1855)
Colt Model 1862 Police Revolver
1861-1873
Place madeHartford, Connecticut, United States, North America
Wood, steel, brass, silver
Overall: 9 5/8 in. ( 24.4 cm )
Part (barrel): 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Part (barrel): 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Gift of Enoch G. Megrue
1941.580
DescriptionWood, steel, brass, and silver revolver; silver-plated brass trigger guard and gripstraps; fluted cylinder; stamped marks on frame, buttstrap, barrel, and cylinder.Markingsstamped: frame, buttstrap, trigg. gd.: "17673"
stamped: left frame: "COLTS/PATENT"; left shoulder of trigger gd.: "36 CAL"
stamped: cylinder: "PAT. SEPT. 10TH 1850"
stamped: barrel: "ADDRESS COL. SAML COLT NEW YORK U.S. AMERICA"
ClassificationsMILITARY TOOLS & EQUIPMENT: FIREARM
Colt Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company
ca. mid-1870's
1952.25ab
Colt Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company
ca. mid-1870's
1952.26ab
Colt Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company
1855-1860
1940.7a-f
