Ink Impression ("Pull") from a Gold-inlaid Colt Revolver ca. 1854 Gustave Young This pull was taken from the frame of an engraved, gold-inlaid Colt revolver as a record of its decoration. The pistol, which is not known to survive, belonged a rarefied group of Colt percussion firearms embellished with profuse engraving, relief carving, and flush or low relief gold inlay, of which about twenty examples are known. Three are preserved in The Mets collection (acc. nos. 1995.336; 2018.856.1; 2018.856.2a-o; also see acc. no. 2014.699). Made at Samuel Colts (1814-62) direction for exhibition at international fairs and for presentation to important officials and foreign and domestic heads of state, including the kings of Sweden and Denmark and the Czar of Russia, they functioned as diplomatic gifts and demonstrations of the companys artistic and technical achievements.The pull may be attributed to the famous German-American firearms engraver Gustave Young (see acc. no. 2002.233.2-.26; 2003.5

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Ink Impression ("Pull") from a Gold-inlaid Colt Revolver ca. 1854 Gustave Young This pull was taken from the frame of an engraved, gold-inlaid Colt revolver as a record of its decoration. The pistol, which is not known to survive, belonged a rarefied group of Colt percussion firearms embellished with profuse engraving, relief carving, and flush or low relief gold inlay, of which about twenty examples are known. Three are preserved in The Mets collection (acc. nos. 1995.336; 2018.856.1; 2018.856.2a-o; also see acc. no. 2014.699). Made at Samuel Colts (1814-62) direction for exhibition at international fairs and for presentation to important officials and foreign and domestic heads of state, including the kings of Sweden and Denmark and the Czar of Russia, they functioned as diplomatic gifts and demonstrations of the companys artistic and technical achievements.The pull may be attributed to the famous German-American firearms engraver Gustave Young (see acc. no. 2002.233.2-.26; 2003.5

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