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Gold-inlaid Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver (serial no. 20133), with Case and Accessories
Manufacturer Samuel Colt (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1814–1862)
Designer Cylinder ornament designed by Waterman Lilly Ormsby
ca. 1853
- Medium
- Steel, copper alloy, gold, wood (walnut), textile, glass, cork, bone, pewter, paper
- Classification
- Firearms-Pistols-Revolvers
- Dimensions
- Revolver (a): L. 12 15/16 in. (32.9 cm); L. of barrel 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm); Cal. .36 in. (9.14 mm); Wt. 2 lb. 9.4 oz. (1174 g); case (b): H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); W. 17 5/8 in. (44.8 cm); D. 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm); Wt. 5 lb. 3.9 oz. (2377 g);…
- Culture
- American, Hartford, Connecticut
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Gift of The Robert M. Lee Foundation, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary, 2018
- 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
