Artist/Maker Colt Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company (founded 1855)

Conversion of the Colt Model 1861 Navy Revolver

ca. mid-1870's

Place madeHartford, Connecticut, United States, North America

Wood, steel, brass, nickel, leather

Overall: 13 1/8 in. ( 33.3 cm )
Part (barrel): 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)

Gift of Mrs. Henry A. Allcer

1952.25ab

This revolver was owned by Waldemar d'Arcy Rose, a career Navy officer who entered the Naval Academy in 1872, and by 1891 had been promoted to Lieutenant. The pistol and holster were probably issued to him in the mid-1870's. The holster is stamped by the Ordanance Department of the New York Navy Yard (Brooklyn, NY). The stamp reads: "ORD' DEPT./NAVY YARD N.Y./1870"

DescriptionWood, steel, brass, and nickel revolver; nickel-plated brass gripstraps; roll-engraved naval battle scene; stamped marks on cylinder, barrel, trigger guard, frame, behind cylinder, and on buttstrap; leather holster with stamped marks on exterior.

Markingsstamped: barrel: "ADDRESS COL. SAML COLT NEW YORK U.S. AMERICA" stamped: cylinder: "COLTS PATENT NO. 59006" stamped: left trigger gd. shoulder: "36 CAL" stamped: left frame: "PAT. JULY 25, 1871/PAT. JULY 3, 1872" stamped: buttstrap: "4406" and "U.S.N." (Navy inspector mark) stamped: trigger gd., frame: "4406" stamped: behind cylinder: "723" stamped: holster: "ORD' DEPT./NAVY YARD N.Y./1870" (two anchor marks flank year)

ClassificationsMILITARY TOOLS & EQUIPMENT: FIREARM