Cased Colt Model 1860 Army Percussion Revolver, Serial no. 7569, with Accessories

Manufacturer Samuel Colt American
 Engraving attributed to Georg H. Sterzing American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 372

This finely engraved revolver was presented by Samuel Colt to Major Charles Traintor Baker (1821–1881), an officer in the Fifth Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers, at the outbreak of the Civil War.

Cased Colt Model 1860 Army Percussion Revolver, Serial no. 7569, with Accessories, Samuel Colt (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1814–1862), Steel, brass, silver, gold, wood (mahogany), textile, American, Hartford, Connecticut

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Overall with case and accessories

Cased Colt Model 1860 Army Percussion Revolver, Serial no. 7569, with Accessories, Samuel Colt (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1814–1862), Steel, brass, silver, gold, wood (mahogany), textile, American, Hartford, Connecticut
Cased Colt Model 1860 Army Percussion Revolver, Serial no. 7569, with Accessories, Samuel Colt (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1814–1862), Steel, brass, silver, gold, wood (mahogany), textile, American, Hartford, Connecticut
Cased Colt Model 1860 Army Percussion Revolver, Serial no. 7569, with Accessories, Samuel Colt (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1814–1862), Steel, brass, silver, gold, wood (mahogany), textile, American, Hartford, Connecticut
Cased Colt Model 1860 Army Percussion Revolver, Serial no. 7569, with Accessories, Samuel Colt (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1814–1862), Steel, brass, silver, gold, wood (mahogany), textile, American, Hartford, Connecticut
Cased Colt Model 1860 Army Percussion Revolver, Serial no. 7569, with Accessories, Samuel Colt (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1814–1862), Steel, brass, silver, gold, wood (mahogany), textile, American, Hartford, Connecticut
Cased Colt Model 1860 Army Percussion Revolver, Serial no. 7569, with Accessories, Samuel Colt (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1814–1862), Steel, brass, silver, gold, wood (mahogany), textile, American, Hartford, Connecticut
Cased Colt Model 1860 Army Percussion Revolver, Serial no. 7569, with Accessories, Samuel Colt (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1814–1862), Steel, brass, silver, gold, wood (mahogany), textile, American, Hartford, Connecticut

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