Colt Paterson Percussion Revolver, No. 5, Holster Model, serial no. 528
ca. 1838–40
Medium
Steel, silver, ivory
Dimensions
L. 16 3/4 in. (42.55 cm); L. of barrel 12 in. (30.48 cm); Cal. .40 in. (10.2 mm)
Classification
Firearms-Pistols-Revolvers
Culture
American, Paterson, New Jersey
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of John E. Parsons, 1955
Accession Number
55.206.1
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Samuel Colt · 1814–1862
Samuel Colt was born on July 19, 1814, in Hartford, Connecticut, to Christopher Colt, a textile manufacturer, and Sarah Caldwell. His early years were marked by family tragedy, including the death of his mother from tuberculosis when he was six, after which his father remarried. At age 11, Colt was indentured to a farmer and later worked in his father's textile mill in Ware, Massachusetts, where h...