Artist/Maker
Colt Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company
(founded 1855)
Colt Model 1855 Sidehammer Pocket Revolver, Model Two
1855-1860
Place madeHartford, Connecticut, United States, North America
Steel, wood, brass, iron, bronze
Part (revolver length): 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Part (barrel length): 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
Container (case): 9 1/4 × 5 3/8 in. (23.5 × 13.7 cm)
Part (barrel length): 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
Container (case): 9 1/4 × 5 3/8 in. (23.5 × 13.7 cm)
Gift of Edward C. Titus
1940.7a-f
DescriptionSteel and wood revolver; hammer with spur trigger on right side of frame; roll-engraved cabin and Indian scene on cylinder; stamped marks on barrel, cylinder, and buttstrap; formed, red velvet-lined wooden case has a key inserted in a shield-shaped brass keyhole in front and contains a brass and steel double cavity bullet mold with a stamped mark, a steel nipple wrench, a steel screwdriver with a brass collar and pear-shaped wooden handle, an iron percussion cap canister with a green paper label affixed to the lid, and a teardrop-shaped bronze powder flask with a brass collar and pouring tube, and an eagle and stars above two crossed pistols and a scrolled inscription on front.Markingsstamped: barrel: "COLT'S PT. ADDRESS COL. COLT/1855 HARTFORD, CT U.S.A." (pointed finger motif to left of mark)
stamped: cylinder: "COLT'S PATENT/NO. 1146"; buttstrap: "1146"
stamped: front of flask: :COLT'S /PATENT" (above row of four and one of five stars, below stars is an eagle with shield in one claw and branch with arrows in other, below eagle two crossed pistols); bottom: "E. PLURIBUS. UNUM." (inside scroll)
stamped: bullet mold: "COLT'S/" PATENT
printed: label: "W & C eLEY MANUFACTURERS LONDON" "METAL-LINED/CAPS/Made expressly for/COLT'S PT./Belt and Pocket/PISTOLS"
ClassificationsMILITARY TOOLS & EQUIPMENT: FIREARM
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