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LOT 187
Incredibly Rare Colt Walker Powder Flask - This flask measures 9 1/2 inches in length. It has a plunger top,
both sides relief decorated with the “Trophy of Arms” motif and with “COLTS PATENT” banner at the bottom
below crossed Walker revolvers and revolving rifles. The rings on the mortar are at an angle. It has the triangular
hanging rings on each side near the bottom as were personally requested by Walker. The lid to the ball
compartment is marked “COLTS/PATENT” in an oval. The top is correctly secured to the body with three steel
screws. See pages 113-115 in “Colt Percussion Accoutrements, 1834-1873” by Robin J. Rapley to compare this
flask to the known Walker flask pictured and discussed. This flask has the correct rounded oval markings as
opposed to the later parallel markings. As noted in Rapley’s work, “This Colt stamp is otherwise found only
on the Walker single, double and gang molds, the first (approximately fifty) Whitneyville-Walkers,
and a few early Dragoon flasks made by Dixon.” The details are overall hazier than the later
flasks and it correctly lacks the truncheon pin on the mortars.
LOT 188
Incredibly Rare Colt Walker Single Cavity Bullet Mold - This single cavity iron bullet mold for the Colt Walker revolver is a rarity in Colt collecting with no more than 150 produced. One
single cavity conical mold for every ten revolvers was called out in the original U.S. government Walker contract. As with this example, these molds featured a sprue cutter in the shape of a
“tiller,” a large flat, slightly domed hinge pin securing the right and left blocks, the right block hinged over the left block, and sprue cutter stamped “COLTS/PATENT”
in an oval as well as with a small “P.” These molds were blued. Per Robin J. Rapley in “Colt Percussion Accoutrements, 1834-1873” none of the limited
number of surviving examples had “WAT” stamps as is true with this example. See pages 116-117
in the aforementioned book by Rapley to compare this bullet mold to the known Walker
bullet mold pictured and discussed. The story of how the Walker single cavity bullet mold
was discovered is discussed in James Serven’s “Colt Firearms, 1836-1958,” on page 83. For
years the identify of the Walker bullet mold remained in obscurity until Serven obtained
an original example that came with a Walker revolver from Aaron Pulhamus, who worked
for Samuel Colt at Paterson and Whitneyville. A few years later Serven received a Walker gang
mold from a Texas collector. These two molds matched exactly with the descriptions featured in
the Colt-Walker contract and correspondence. The question to the existence of the Walker single cavity bullet mold had finally been answered, and now it is
your chance to acquire this very rare Colt accoutrement.
CONDITION: Good as one of a limited number of surviving Walker bullet molds with a dark patina and moderate pitting. This is a rare opportunity to acquire an elusive Walker accoutrement.
Estimate: 9,500 - 16,000