Lot 84
  • 84

A Cased James Warner Pocket Revolver, Springfield Massachusetts, circa 1857

Estimate
8,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description

  • Steel, Rosewood, Mahogany wood, Velvet, Brass
blued round barrel with fore-sight, top-strap stamped JAMES WARNER SPRINGFIELD MASS U.S.A, 6-shot cylinder decorated with a three-band freize of a wave and vertical stripe background, varnished rosewood grips, mahogany case partitioned and lined with green velvet, powder flask embossed with shell motif, brass bullet and ball mold, cap tin 100 / HICKS/ CAPS / G. D., and on bottom MFG'd  BY  / WATERBURY BRASS CO. / WATERBURY / CONN., Francis Reynolds yellow trade label affixed on bottom of case 

3-1/4 inch barrel



It is estimated 9,500 were produced.  

Provenance

Jim Cope 

Literature

Wilson, American Arms Collectors, Percussion Colts and Their Rivals, The Al Cali Collection, page 98