# Gold-inlaid Colt Model 1849 Pocket Revolver (serial no. 63306)

- By: Samuel Colt (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1814–1862)
- By: cylinder ornament: Waterman Lilly Ormsby
- Date: ca. 1853
- Medium: Steel, copper alloy, gold, wood (walnut)
- Classification: Firearms-Pistols-Revolvers
- Dimensions: L. 8 11/16 in. (22.1 cm); L. of barrel 4 in. (10.2 cm); Cal. .31 in. (7.9 mm); Wt. 1 lb. 7.7 oz. (672 g)
- Culture: American, Hartford, Connecticut
- Credit line: Gift of The Robert M. Lee Foundation, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary, 2018
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/788188)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/met/CRDImages/aa/web-large/DP-17928-001.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)