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Revolver à percussion Colt Dragoon, troisième modèle, no de série 12406

Manufacturer Samuel Colt American
ca. 1853
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 371
Les revolvers Colt étaient très prisés des soldats et des pionniers. Les colts de luxe, comme celui-ci, étaient en réalité des modèles d’usine standard, transformés en pièces prestigieuses par un luxueux décor gravé. Émigrés d’Allemagne pour la plupart, les graveurs à façon de l’usine Colt, établie à Hartford dans le Connecticut, élevèrent la décoration des armes à feu américaines vers de nouveaux sommets, dans les années 1850 et 1860. Cet exemplaire est l’un des rares qui aient été dotés d’aussi somptueuses incrustations d’or, ce qui en fait l’un des plus beaux colts au monde. Il avait un jumeau, que Colt offrit au tsar Nicolas Ier de Russie en 1854 et qui se trouve maintenant au Musée de l’Ermitage de Saint-Pétersbourg.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titre: Revolver à percussion Colt Dragoon, troisième modèle, no de série 12406
  • Artiste: Samuel Colt, Américain, 1814–1862
  • Date: v. 1853
  • Technique: Acier, or et bois (noyer)
  • Dimensions: L. 35,6 cm, calibre 11 mm
  • Crédits: Don de George et Butonne Repaire, 1995
  • Accession Number: 1995.336
  • Curatorial Department: Arms and Armor

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