Ⓦ AN EXTREMELY RARE .31 CALIBRE PERCUSSION COLT PATERSON NO. 2 MODEL POCKET REVOLVER

Ⓦ AN EXTREMELY RARE .31 CALIBRE PERCUSSION COLT PATERSON NO. 2 MODEL POCKET REVOLVER, NO. 570, CIRCA 1837-40

with blued octagonal 4 5/8 in barrel fitted with German silver bead fore-sight, inlaid with a German silver band encircling the muzzle, a German silver line behind, two further lines above and below the breech and signed 'Patent Arms M'g Co Paterson N-J Colt's Pt.' in a single line on the flat, blued numbered barrel wedge, engraved cylinder numbered on the rear face, inlaid with two German silver bands framing characteristic centaur scene, stamped 'Colt' and with a further complete centaur on an island, numbered cylinder spindle, blued recoil shield inlaid with two further German silver bands, blued frame, blued hammer (nose tip worn, now thin), blued folding trigger, blued back-strap inlaid with a vacant German silver escutcheon with clipped corners, mother-of-pearl grips, perhaps the original (chipped), and much early blued finish throughout

23.0 cm; 9 1/8 in overall

Property from the David Jeffcoat Collection (1945-2020)

Part proceeds to benefit The Wallace Collection

See Sutherland and Wilson 1971, pp. 27-28.