Colt Model 1849 Pocket Percussion Revolver, Serial no. 81015

Manufacturer Samuel Colt American
 Engraving attributed to Gustave Young American, born Prussia

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Samuel Colt presented this revolver to Colonel Thomas H. Seymour (1807–1868), governor of Connecticut and United States ambassador to Russia.

Colt Model 1849 Pocket Percussion Revolver, Serial no. 81015, Samuel Colt (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1814–1862), Steel, brass, silver, ivory, American, Hartford, Connecticut

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Colt Model 1849 Pocket Percussion Revolver, Serial no. 81015, Samuel Colt (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1814–1862), Steel, brass, silver, ivory, American, Hartford, Connecticut
Colt Model 1849 Pocket Percussion Revolver, Serial no. 81015, Samuel Colt (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1814–1862), Steel, brass, silver, ivory, American, Hartford, Connecticut

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