Revólver de percusión Colt, n.o de serie 12406

Manufacturer Samuel Colt American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 371

Los revólveres Colt eran muy apreciados por los soldados y colonizadores del Oeste americano. Las armas de fuego Colt de lujo, como esta, eran modelos estándar de fábrica transformados en obras de arte al agregarles una suntuosa decoración grabada. Los grabadores de metal en la fábrica Colt de Hartford, Connecticut, muchos de ellos recientes inmigrantes de Alemania, establecieron las pautas para la decoración de armas de fuego estadounidenses entre 1850 y 1870. El revólver del Museo, uno de los pocos Colt con suntuosas incrustaciones de oro, es una de las mejores armas de esa marca. Existe otro idéntico que fue obsequiado por Colt al zar Nicolás I de Rusia en 1854, y que está ahora en el Hermitage de San Petersburgo.

Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver, serial no. 12406, Samuel Colt (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1814–1862), Steel, brass, gold, wood (walnut), American, Hartford, Connecticut

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Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver, serial no. 12406, Samuel Colt (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1814–1862), Steel, brass, gold, wood (walnut), American, Hartford, Connecticut
Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver, serial no. 12406, Samuel Colt (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1814–1862), Steel, brass, gold, wood (walnut), American, Hartford, Connecticut
Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver, serial no. 12406, Samuel Colt (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1814–1862), Steel, brass, gold, wood (walnut), American, Hartford, Connecticut
Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver, serial no. 12406, Samuel Colt (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1814–1862), Steel, brass, gold, wood (walnut), American, Hartford, Connecticut
Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver, serial no. 12406, Samuel Colt (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1814–1862), Steel, brass, gold, wood (walnut), American, Hartford, Connecticut

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