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Gold-inlaid Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver (serial no. 20133), with Case and Accessories

Samuel Colt|Waterman Lilly Ormsby

ca. 1853

Gold-inlaid Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver (serial no. 20133), with Case and Accessories by Samuel Colt|Waterman Lilly Ormsby

Medium

Steel, copper alloy, gold, wood (walnut), textile, glass, cork, bone, pewter, paper

Dimensions

Revolver (a): L. 12 15/16 in. (32.9 cm); L. of barrel 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm); Cal. .36 in. (9.14 mm); Wt. 2 lb. 9.4 oz. (1174 g); case (b): H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); W. 17 5/8 in. (44.8 cm); D. 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm); Wt. 5 lb. 3.9 oz. (2377 g); powder flask (c): H. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm); Wt. 7.3 oz. (206 g); bullet mold (d): L. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm); Wt. 6.3 oz. (179 g); bullet mold (e): L. 4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm); Wt. 5.5 oz. (154 g); wrench/driver (f): L. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); Wt. .7 oz. (18 g); wrench/driver (g): L. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); Wt. .6 oz. (16 g); oil canister (h): H. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Wt. 1.2 oz. (32 g); oil canister (i): H. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Wt. 1.2 oz. (34 g); bone canister (j): H. 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm); Wt. .5 oz. (12 g); glass vial (k): H. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); Wt. .3 oz. (9 g); glass vial (l): H. 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm); Wt. .2 oz. (5 g); glass vial (m): H. 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm); spare mainspring (n): L. 3 in. (7.6 cm); Wt. .4 oz. (11 g); spare mainspring (o): L. 3 in. (7.6 cm); Wt. .4 oz. (11 g)

Classification

Firearms-Pistols-Revolvers

Culture

American, Hartford, Connecticut

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of The Robert M. Lee Foundation, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary, 2018

Accession Number

2018.856.2a–o

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