With octagonal sighted barrel with London address, serial numbered cylinder, rammer, frame, trigger-guard and back-strap, rounded ivory grips each carved with entwined flowers against a punched ground, the flowers including carnations and tulips and set in gold with nine cabochon garnets, and matching numbers, the metal surfaces decorated at a later date with Indian koftkari flowering foliage and scrollwork: in later silver-mounted rosewood case fitted and lined in green velvet with accessories including James Dixon & Sons flask retaining most of its original lacquered finish, and steel bullet mould stamped 'Colt's Patent', the exterior of the lid with large shield-shaped vacant silver escutcheon, London proof marks 19 cm. barrel
With octagonal sighted barrel with London address, serial numbered cylinder, rammer, frame, trigger-guard and back-strap, rounded ivory grips each carved with entwined flowers against a punched ground, the flowers including carnations and tulips and set in gold with nine cabochon garnets, and matching numbers, the metal surfaces decorated at a later date with Indian koftkari flowering foliage and scrollwork: in later silver-mounted rosewood case fitted and lined in green velvet with accessories including James Dixon & Sons flask retaining most of its original lacquered finish, and steel bullet mould stamped 'Colt's Patent', the exterior of the lid with large shield-shaped vacant silver escutcheon, London proof marks 19 cm. barrel
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