Artist/Maker
Colt Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company
(founded 1855)
Colt Model 1849 Pocket Revolver
1850-1873
Place madeHartford, Connecticut, United States, North America
Wood, steel
Overall: 10 1/8 in. ( 25.7 cm )
Part (barrel): 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Part (barrel): 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Gift of Joseph Nathan Kane
1934.64
DescriptionWood and steel revolver; stamped marks on barrel, cylinder, frame, and butt.Markingsstamped: barrel: "ADDRESS COL SAML COLT NEW YORK U.S. AMERICA"
stamped: left frame: "COLTS/PATENT"
stamped: butt: "220749"
stamped: frame bottom: "220749" (three times)
stamped: cylinder: "COLTS PATENT" "220749"
ClassificationsMILITARY TOOLS & EQUIPMENT: FIREARM
Colt Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company
1860-1870
1949.294
Colt Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company
1850-1860
1951.324
Colt Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company
ca. mid-1870's
1952.26ab
Colt Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company
1855-1860
1940.7a-f