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LOT 215
Veyr Fine and Desirable Late Vine Scroll Factory Engraved Colt Model 1851 Navy Percussion Revolver Formerly in Collection of Legendary Collector and Dealer Norm Flayderman - Serial no. 163833, 36 cal., 7 1/2 inch octagon bbl., blue/casehardened/silver finish, antique ivory grips. This very attractive Colt Model 1851 Navy dates to 1863 during the American Civil War and features the distinctive late percussion era factory vine scroll engraving on the barrel, loading lever, frame, hammer, and grip frame. This revolver has particularly fine details in the engraving such as the intricate
floral blooms.
The hammer also features the wolf’s head motif. Using a smooth background and intaglio engraving give the engraving a very light and attractive feel. Most of the back strap is left blank to leave room for an inscription. Many of the Civil War era engraved Colts were
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purchased as gifts or presentation pieces for Union officers. The blue and casehardened finish contrasts nicely with the desirable grip. The factory dot marking designating special finishing or engraving is marked by the main serial numbers. All of the serial numbers match aside from the cylinder which in a factory error was instead stamped with the nearly matching “3883”. The cylinder is original to the revolver. The barrel features a rare dovetailed blade front sight and the standard one-line New York address. The frame has the “COLTS/PATENT” marking on the left with the second line faint, and the cylinder has the classic naval battle scene. CONDITION: Very fine with 75% of the bright original high polish blue finish on the barrel, 30% original blue on the cylinder along with a mostly distinct roll-scene, 25% bright original case colors in the protected areas, aged patina on the grip frame, and patches of mild oxidation/pitting. The engraving throughout remains crisp. The highly attractive grip is also very fine and has very attractive aged patina and natural grain, faint age lines, and minor handling and storage marks. Mechanically fine. Overall, this is a stunning example of a Civil War Colt Model 1851 Navy with very attractive vine scroll engraving. Provenance: The Norm Flayderman Collection; Property of a Gentleman. Estimate: 10,000 - 18,000
LOT 216
Civil War Era Factory Engraved Colt Model 1849 Pocket Percussion Revolver - Serial no. 205955, 31 cal., 5 inch octagon bbl.,
blue/casehardened/silver finish, antique ivory grips. This factory engraved Colt Model 1849 Pocket was manufactured in 1862 during the early part of the American Civil War and may have been purchased for presentation to a Union soldier. It features
attractive scroll engraving with floral accents and beaded backgrounds, rayed decoration in some of the corners, and the factory day marking designating the revolver for factory engraving above or below the matching serial numbers on the barrel, frame, trigger guard, and back strap. Additional matching serial numbers are found on the wedge, cylinder, arbor pin, and loading lever arm. The revolver
is equipped with a dovetailed blade front sight and is marked with the two-line “-ADDRESS SAML COLT/HARTFORD CT.-” barrel address, “COLTS/PATENT” on the left side of the frame, “2” on the left side of the trigger guard, and the stagecoach scene on the cylinder. It is fitted
with a smooth grip.
CONDITION: Very good overall with distinct engraving, mostly crisp markings, mottled gray patina, patches of mild pitting mainly on the cylinder, attractive aged patina on the brass grip straps, attractive aged coloration and grain on the grip along with some age lines, and general moderate wear suggesting this revolver was actually carried and used during the Civil War. Mechanically fine.
Provenance: Property of a Distinguished Southern Clergyman.
Estimate: 3,500 - 5,500