Collection Highlights
Architect's Sign
Date:
ca. 1837
Object Number:
1953.197
Medium:
Wood
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Conversion of the Colt Model 1861 Navy Revolver
Object Number:
1952.25ab
Date:
ca. mid-1870's
Medium:
Wood, steel, brass, nickel, leather
Dimensions:
barrel length: 7 1/2 in. ( 19 cm )
Overall: 13 1/8 in. ( 33.3 cm )
Marks:
stamped: barrel: "ADDRESS COL. SAML COLT NEW YORK U.S. AMERICA"
stamped: cylinder: "COLTS PATENT NO. 59006"
stamped: left trigger gd. shoulder: "36 CAL"
stamped: left frame: "PAT. JULY 25, 1871/PAT. JULY 3, 1872"
stamped: buttstrap: "4406" and "U.S.N.
Description:
Wood, steel, brass, and nickel revolver; nickel-plated brass gripstraps; roll-engraved naval battle scene; stamped marks on cylinder, barrel, trigger guard, frame, behind cylinder, and on buttstrap; leather holster with stamped marks on exterior.
Gallery Label:
This revolver was owned by Waldemar d'Arcy Rose, a career Navy officer who entered the Naval Academy in 1872, and by 1891 had been promoted to Lieutenant. The pistol and holster were probably issued to him in the mid-1870's. The holster is stamped by the Ordanance Department of the New York Navy Yard (Brooklyn, NY). The stamp reads: "ORD' DEPT./NAVY YARD N.Y./1870"
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Henry A. Allcer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
