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LOT 1089
Extremely Rare Factory Silver Plated Frame Patent Arms Mfg. Co. Colt Belt Model Paterson Percussion Revolver with Seven Factory Silver Inlaid Bands - Serial no. 797, 34 cal., 3 inch octagon bbl., blue/ German silver/silver finish, varnished rosewood grips. The Colt Paterson was Samuel Colt’s first revolver and helped make his name a byword for the revolver, and, though the Paterson venture was short lived and ended in commercial failure, the successful use of the Paterson by men like the Samuel Walker and the Texas Rangers established both the revolver as
a form and Samuel Colt’s reputation and ultimately led to the rebirth of Colt’s firearms business in the late 1840s and his company’s immense success in the 19th century. He received his first patent for revolvers in 1835 in England and then the U.S. in 1836 and formed the Patent Arms Manufacturing Company in Paterson, New Jersey, later the same year. Less than 3,000 of his expensive revolvers split among several models and variations were manufactured before the company closed in 1842. This is a highly sought after example of a Colt Belt Model Paterson Revolver with rarely seen German silver bands and silver plated frame and back strap. This model was manufactured c. 1837-1840.
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