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USA
length 33 cm.
Both revolvers with a 7.5", 36 cal. barrel provided with brass cusp foresight, marked "- ADDRESS COL. SAM.L COLT NEW-YORK US AMERICA -". Clean bores, visible rifling, various pitting inside. Six-shot cylinders with a well marked and visible scene of the naval battle of Campeche, caption with date also legible. Some pitting in the percussion area, on the back of the cylinder. Both revolvers with working mechanism, three snaps and working trigger safety lock. Frames stamped "COLTS PATENT". Brass grip bands. Grips of walnut briarwood, decorated with a silver star on one side and an emblem depicting an Aztec coin on the other. One hammer featuring the remains of three circles marked on the back (not clearly visible). The revolvers have non-consecutive but very close serial numbers (both 1330xx) and both are single-serial. The serial numbers are present (in full or abbreviated) on all main components including barrel wedges, cartridge rammers and pins. In both Colts, "E" code marked above or below the serial numbers on the frame, barrel and grip bands. The revolvers are engraved with very similar patterns, in the typical style of Gustave Young with scrollworks on punched dots, present at the breech, on the sides of the frame and, in segments, on the grip bands. These alternate with skilfully undecorated areas (to avoid overburdening the appearance and slenderness of the pistols) and other small decorative elements, such as small frames on the nozzles and around the markings, shells on the back of the grips and wolf's heads on the sides of the hammers. There are slight differences in the decorative motifs between the two revolvers. One of the two trigger guards is marked "2". Both revolvers have most (about 95%) of their silver plating, which is not recent (maybe refreshed). The slight missing parts in the finishing are mainly on the grip bands. In a wooden box, probably adapted but not recently, containing some accessories: a powder flask marked "COLTS PATENT", a Colt-type bullet mould, a disassembly tool and some containers.
length 33 cm.
Both revolvers with a 7.5", 36 cal. barrel provided with brass cusp foresight, marked "- ADDRESS COL. SAM.L COLT NEW-YORK US AMERICA -". Clean bores, visible rifling, various pitting inside. Six-shot cylinders with a well marked and visible scene of the naval battle of Campeche, caption with date also legible. Some pitting in the percussion area, on the back of the cylinder. Both revolvers with working mechanism, three snaps and working trigger safety lock. Frames stamped "COLTS PATENT". Brass grip bands. Grips of walnut briarwood, decorated with a silver star on one side and an emblem depicting an Aztec coin on the other. One hammer featuring the remains of three circles marked on the back (not clearly visible). The revolvers have non-consecutive but very close serial numbers (both 1330xx) and both are single-serial. The serial numbers are present (in full or abbreviated) on all main components including barrel wedges, cartridge rammers and pins. In both Colts, "E" code marked above or below the serial numbers on the frame, barrel and grip bands. The revolvers are engraved with very similar patterns, in the typical style of Gustave Young with scrollworks on punched dots, present at the breech, on the sides of the frame and, in segments, on the grip bands. These alternate with skilfully undecorated areas (to avoid overburdening the appearance and slenderness of the pistols) and other small decorative elements, such as small frames on the nozzles and around the markings, shells on the back of the grips and wolf's heads on the sides of the hammers. There are slight differences in the decorative motifs between the two revolvers. One of the two trigger guards is marked "2". Both revolvers have most (about 95%) of their silver plating, which is not recent (maybe refreshed). The slight missing parts in the finishing are mainly on the grip bands. In a wooden box, probably adapted but not recently, containing some accessories: a powder flask marked "COLTS PATENT", a Colt-type bullet mould, a disassembly tool and some containers.
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