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A J.B. Butterfield & Co. Patent Army Revolver, Serial No. 55, circa 1861
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description
- Steel, Silver, Brass, Walnut Wood
blued octagonal barrel with fore-sight, top-strap marked BUTTERFIELD'S / PATENT DEC 11. 1855 / PHILADA, 55 marked on barrel, on loading-lever, and on butt-strap, blued 5-shot cylinder, case-hardened hammer and loading-lever, silver-plated brass frame and grip-straps, varnished walnut grip, brass collector's tag numbered 285
7-inch barrel
Jesse B. Butterfield, Philadelphia, inventor
Approximately 640 were produced
7-inch barrel
Jesse B. Butterfield, Philadelphia, inventor
Approximately 640 were produced
Provenance
Chris Anderson
Literature
Wilson, American Arms Collectors, Percussion Colts and Their Rivals, The Al Cali Collection, page 113