Colt Model 1862 Police Revolver, serial no. 38549

Manufacturer Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company American
 Grip designed by John Quincy Adams Ward American
Engraving attributed to Georg H. Sterzing American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 372

The ornate brass grip of this pistol features a female figure representing Christianity and Justice. John Quincy Adams Ward created the original model of the grip for a pair of pistols presented by President Abraham Lincoln to the governor of Adrianople (present-day Edirne, Turkey) in 1864. The grip of the pistol displayed here was probably cast from the same mold shortly after that. Ward was relatively unknown at the time, but soon became one of America's most celebrated sculptors.

Colt Model 1862 Police Revolver, serial no. 38549, Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company (American, Hartford, Connecticut, 1855–present), Steel, gold, copper alloy (brass), American, Hartford, Connecticut and New York

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Colt Model 1862 Police Revolver, serial no. 38549, Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company (American, Hartford, Connecticut, 1855–present), Steel, gold, copper alloy (brass), American, Hartford, Connecticut and New York
Colt Model 1862 Police Revolver, serial no. 38549, Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company (American, Hartford, Connecticut, 1855–present), Steel, gold, copper alloy (brass), American, Hartford, Connecticut and New York
Colt Model 1862 Police Revolver, serial no. 38549, Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company (American, Hartford, Connecticut, 1855–present), Steel, gold, copper alloy (brass), American, Hartford, Connecticut and New York
Colt Model 1862 Police Revolver, serial no. 38549, Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company (American, Hartford, Connecticut, 1855–present), Steel, gold, copper alloy (brass), American, Hartford, Connecticut and New York
Colt Model 1862 Police Revolver, serial no. 38549, Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company (American, Hartford, Connecticut, 1855–present), Steel, gold, copper alloy (brass), American, Hartford, Connecticut and New York
Colt Model 1862 Police Revolver, serial no. 38549, Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company (American, Hartford, Connecticut, 1855–present), Steel, gold, copper alloy (brass), American, Hartford, Connecticut and New York
Colt Model 1862 Police Revolver, serial no. 38549, Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company (American, Hartford, Connecticut, 1855–present), Steel, gold, copper alloy (brass), American, Hartford, Connecticut and New York
Colt Model 1862 Police Revolver, serial no. 38549, Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company (American, Hartford, Connecticut, 1855–present), Steel, gold, copper alloy (brass), American, Hartford, Connecticut and New York
Colt Model 1862 Police Revolver, serial no. 38549, Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company (American, Hartford, Connecticut, 1855–present), Steel, gold, copper alloy (brass), American, Hartford, Connecticut and New York
Colt Model 1862 Police Revolver, serial no. 38549, Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company (American, Hartford, Connecticut, 1855–present), Steel, gold, copper alloy (brass), American, Hartford, Connecticut and New York
Colt Model 1862 Police Revolver, serial no. 38549, Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company (American, Hartford, Connecticut, 1855–present), Steel, gold, copper alloy (brass), American, Hartford, Connecticut and New York

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