A Cased Engraved Massachusetts Arms Co. Belt Model Revolver, circa 1850

blued round barrel with fore-sight, top-strap marked MASS. ARMS. CO / CHICOPEE FALLS, lock-plate marked  WESSON & LEAVITT'S PATENT, hammer and lock-plate decorated with scroll engraving, cylinder etched with panoply-of-arms motif, color case-hardened top-strap, hammer and frame, gold-washed brass trigger-guard and back-strap decorated to match frame, varnished walnut grip, walnut case partitioned and lined in rich blue velvet, powder flask embossed with standing American Eagle on one side and MASSACHUSETTS ARMS COMPANY CHICOPEE FALLS on the other, brass bullet and ball mold, brass loading-rod, envelope cartridges 5 Combustible Envelope / CARTRIDGES, Made of Am'r Powder Co's Powder, / Revolving Pocket PIstols / .31-100 inch Calibre., Warranted Superior Quality, paste-board box of percussion caps with green label Anti-corrosive / PERCUSSION CAPS, Manuf'd for the / MASS. ARMS CO. / WILCOX & CHATTAWAY, L-shaped nipple-wrench, case key

5-inch barrel



Approximately 1,000 were produced.