A fan pattern decorates the top of the back strap.
The embellishment on the revolver is executed in a minimalist classic scroll style. The 1853 New York Crystal Palace foreshadowed the grand promotional displays synonymous with the name Colt.
The display is considered to be the factory’s most spectacular in its history. The display was built in Hartford specifically for the exposition and received a lot of attention both at the World's Fair itself and into the 21st century as collectors eagerly seek out the historic Colts that made up Colt's famous display. Consider the Centennial Exhibition, the first official World's Fair in the U.S., where Colt debuted its famous "wheel" display. Colt would go on to become the master of arms presentation and showmanship. Spectators flocked to see Colt’s large arrangement of arms at the Exhibition of Industry of All Nations, more commonly known as the New York Crystal Palace Exhibition, held in 1853 to 1854 in an iron and glass domed building patterned after the London Crystal Palace, which housed the Great Exhibition of 1851 and where Colt debuted the Model 1851. The pistol was therefore available for the remarkable Colt display of arms arranged in the shape of a giant shield at a famed New York exhibition held in 1853. There are no British proof marks on the barrel or cylinder, which means the pistol was not shipped to the London factory and instead remained in the United States. The highly modernized Colt factory on the River Thames was clearly a sign to the world that America was becoming a leader in industrial manufacturing. So impressed after a tour of the London facility renowned British writer Charles Dickens wrote favorable comments about Colt’s revolvers when compared to British counterparts. Colt’s production methods stood in great contrast to English gunmaking which was still based on the highly expensive art of making individual parts and fitting by hand. The arms company was the first to widely use completely interchangeable parts in its products and to put together those parts on massive assembly lines that utilized affordable unskilled labor. Colt received a great amount of success in the 1850s.
#1849 COLT PISTOL SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBER#
Considering the factory engraving and serial number 1, this Model 1849 is a prime candidate for being a factory display piece to promote Colt’s then newly established manufacturing venture in England. 2, 7, 52, 93 and 95 as identified in R.L. Like this example, several of the first 100 Colt London Model 1849s were factory engraved.
#1849 COLT PISTOL SERIAL NUMBERS SERIES#
Offered here is the first, serial number 1, of the London Model 1849 series of revolvers. The parts of the first 300 pistols were fabricated in Hartford with the parts unnumbered and unstamped and then assembled at the London factory. These London Model 1849s are serialized in their own range (1-11000) and were manufactured from 1853 to 1857. The London Model 1849 Pockets are thus considerably rarer than the Hartford manufactured Pocket revolvers. While the Model 1849 Pocket was the most popular of all of Colt's revolvers in the United States in the 19th century, this model was produced and sold in more limited numbers from Colt's London factory only around 11,000 were manufactured in London compared to around 42,000 of the London Navy revolvers.
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