item details
NameBoxed Set: Revolver, Colt Navy Model 1851 [London]
ProductionSamuel Colt; armorer; 1853-1856; London
Classificationrevolvers, firearms
Registration NumberDM000119/1-4
Credit lineGift of the Wellington City Council, 1929
Overview
Percussion revolver, Colt 'Navy' Model 1851,Calibre .36.
In 1853 Samuel Colt established a factory in London which produced thousands of examples of this model for the British forces in the Crimean War. The London factory closed in 1856.