Artist/Maker
Colt Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company
(founded 1855)
Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver, Third Model
1850-1860
Place madeHartford, Connecticut, United States, North America
Wood, steel, brass, silver
Overall: 13 1/4 in. ( 33.7 cm )
Gift of Mr. Goodhue Livingston
1951.324
DescriptionWood, steel, brass, and silver revolver; stamped marks on cylinder, barrel, frame, trigger guard, and butt.Markingsstamped: bottom frame, butt, trigger guard: "16930"
stamped: barrel: "-ADDRESS SAML COLT NEW YORK CITY-"; "1"
stamped: cylinder: "COLTS PATENT NO. 16930"; "1"; "engraved by W.L. New York"
stamped: left frame: "COLTS/PATENT"
ClassificationsMILITARY TOOLS & EQUIPMENT: FIREARM
Colt Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company
1860-1870
1949.294
Colt Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company
ca. mid-1870's
1952.26ab
Colt Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company
ca. mid-1870's
1952.25ab
Colt Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company
1855-1860
1940.7a-f