September 15, 16, & 17, 2026 Firearms & Militaria
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, September 15, 2026.
Lot #1302:
(A) ENGRAVED COLT 1860 FLUTED ARMY SINGLE ACTION PERCUSSION REVOLVER WITH CASE.
Blue and color case hardened with 7 - 1/2" barrel, German silver front sight, and New-York U.S. America address. Left side of frame has "COLTS PATENT" and the silver plated brass trigger guard and steel back strap contain its original, matching numbered, 1-piece, Army-sized ivory grip. Cylinder is the full fluted style with all six safety pins crisp and serviceable. Frame is the 4-screw style with flathead hammer screw and cut for shoulder stock. Revolver is engraved in the Gustave Young style with about full coverage foliate arabesque patterns on the frame with one scroll terminating in a flower blossom on the left recoil shield. Matching foliate arabesque patterns extend over the barrel and terminate just forward of the address. Top of the back strap is engraved in the Gustave Young's minimal starburst panel with foliate arabesque pattern on the back strap, heel, butt strap, and trigger guard. Raised areas of the cylinder, over the chamber areas, are engraved to match. Hammer is also engraved to match with a wolf's head on each side of the nose, foliate arabesque patterns on the shank and fish scale patterns on the top edge & sides of the spur. It is well recorded that there were about 4,000 of these revolvers with fluted cylinders produced out of the first 8,000 or so revolvers made. Many of these fluted Army revolvers were shipped to southern dealers on the eve of the Civil War and are sometimes considered secondary Confederate arms. Accompanied by an original, burgundy velvet lined, Colt mahogany casing, partitioned in the bottom for the revolver, a single sided "COLTS PATENT" trophy of flags & arms angle spout flask, a blued "COLT'S PATENT" dual bullet mold with sprue cutter, an L-shaped nipple wrench, a small tin of Eley's caps and a functioning key. Given the very limited number of these revolvers produced, and the time frame in which they were produced, it is statistically safe to say that extremely few were engraved and even fewer were cased. CONDITION: Very fine overall as later embellished and with reapplied finish. Mechanically excellent with fine bore with some light roughness. Chambers are good with some light darkness. Grips are excellent with a wonderful aged coloring and some period checking in he ivory at butt from shrinkage. Case is very good with some restoration and later finished hardware and light soiling.