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RARE SILVER-PLATED AND GOLD WASHED ENGRAVED PERRIN REVOLVER.

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:3,500.00 USD Estimated At:7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD
RARE SILVER-PLATED AND GOLD WASHED ENGRAVED PERRIN REVOLVER.
SN 886. Cal. 445. This very unusual double action revolver with integral bbl, solid open top frame, with top hinged loading gate, utilized a very advanced 12mm centrally fired cartridge, patented in 1859. 1000 of these revolvers were purchased by the U.S. government on Dec. 16, 1861, but only 550 were received. Many remained in storage and may not have been issued. This particular revolver is unusual in that it is silver-plated and gold washed, and engraved at 80% coverage with New York style large foliate scroll with stippled background, reminiscent of the work of Louis D. Nimschke. It is also unusual in that the left side of frame is engraved with lion attacking a large snake, and right side with what appears to be a Tasmanian tiger. Left side of frame and bottom of bbl are marked with SN. Right side is marked with "Perrin & Cie Bte" and with a burst with a star in center over "PARIS". Grips are of smooth burl walnut. Domed grip cap has lanyard ring. Consignor states that this gun, according to family history, was a gift to his great great grandfather on his grandmother's side and has descended in the family since that time. Accompanying the gun is a family photo of this gun taken many years earlier. CONDITION: Excellent, retaining 90% of its silver-plate which has considerably tarnished, and has some areas of rusting through, mostly on right side of action below cylinder and on right side of bbl. Trigger, hammer, cylinder, and takedown pin are gold-plated and retain a considerable amount of that plating. Grip retains nearly all of its French polish finish. Action is crisp. 4-46986 MGM253