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The engraving throughout remains sharp. The grip is also excellent and has some attractive natural aged creamy tones along with
a long vertical age stress line visible on the left. The raised relief carving remains crisp, and the grip has minimal light handling
and storage wear. Mechanically excellent. The case is very fine. The historic inscription remains crisp on the lid escutcheon which has dark aged patina. The exterior has attractive figure and raised texture. The lining has mostly faded to a yellow-orange coloration but retains more red under the revolvers and the accessories. The flask is extremely fine and has essentially all of the original silver plating which displays aged patina and minor storage wear. The mold and L-shaped combination tool are very fine and retain 90% plus of their original blue finish.
B) Colt Model 1861 Navy Revolver - Serial no. 16684, 36 cal.,
7 1/2 inch round bbl., silver/gold finish, antique ivory grips. As discussed in “A.”
CONDITION: Excellent. The barrel, loading lever, and grip frame retain over 95% of the original silver plating which remains mostly bright with some areas of natural aged patina. The frame is mostly an attractive silver-gray patina with some darker aged patina on the loading cut-out. The hammer retains strong original gilding, particularly on the right, and the cylinder retains 85% of the
thin original gilding and silver showing through. The engraving throughout remains crisp. There are some dings on and around the wedge and otherwise mostly light handling and storage type marks. The grip is also excellent and has extraordinary raised relief carving, thin age stress lines on the right, including one vertical extending from the heel towards the top of the back strap. The
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action is locked up. This is an incredible cased, well-documented, and well-publicized set. Factory embellished Colt Model 1861 Navy revolvers are already very rare, and matched, closely serialized pairs are especially so, but this deluxe factory engraved, silver and gold plated pair with raised relief carved antique ivory grips and a historical Civil War presentation inscription on the rosewood case is truly one-of-a-kind and will add beauty, rarity, and historical interest to any collection.
Provenance: The Frederick E. Hines Collection; The McMurdo Silver Collection; The Leonard A. Busby Collection; The William M. Locke Collection; The John B. Solley III Collection; The Paul Tudor Jones II Collection.
Estimate: 140,000 - 225,000