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A Cased Nepperhan Fire Arms Co. Pocket Revolver, Serial No. 7, Early 1860s
Estimate
8,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description
- Steel, Silver, Walnut wood, Mahogany wood, Velvet, Zinc, Brass
blued octagonal barrel with fore-sight, top flat of barrel marked NEPPERHAN / FIRE ARMS Co, 5-shot cylinder, silver-plated frame and trigger-guard, varnished walnut grips, contained within a varnished mahogany case partitioned and lined with purple velvet (much fading on interior of lid and somewhat elsewhere), bullet and ball mold (left in-the-white), shell-pattern embossed varnished zinc and gilt-brass powder flask, tin of Union Metallic Cartridge Co. percussion caps with tan paper label on lid (unopened), L-shaped nipple-wrench, and brass number plate marked 389
4-1/4 inch barrel
Approximately 5,000 were produced.
4-1/4 inch barrel
Approximately 5,000 were produced.
Provenance
The Stagecoach Museum, Osborne Klavestad Collection, Minnesota
Literature
Wilson, American Arms Collectors, Percussion Colts and Their Rivals, The Al Cali Collection, page 127