Colt Model 1861 Navy Percussion Revolver, serial no. 12240, by Samuel Colt, 1863
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Colt Model 1861 Navy Percussion Revolver, serial no. 12240

Manufacturer Samuel Colt (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1814–1862)

Engraver Engraving attributed to Georg H. Sterzing

1863

Medium
Steel, brass, wood (walnut)
Classification
Firearms-Pistols-Revolvers
Dimensions
L. 12 3/4 in. (32.39 cm); L. of barrel 7 1/2 in. (19.05 cm); Cal. .36 in. (9.1 mm)
Culture
American, Hartford, Connecticut
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Arms and Armor
Credit line
Gift of John E. Parsons, 1955
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

View at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art