"Wells Fargo" Colt Revolver

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Arms and Armor

"Wells Fargo" Colt Revolver

American

Date
ca. 1851
Medium
Steel, silver, wood (mahogany)
Dimensions
L. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm); L. of barrel 4 in. (10.2 cm); Cal. .31 in. (7.9 mm); Wt. 1 lb. 5.8 oz. (618 g)
Object type
Colt revolver
Classification
Firearms-Pistols-Revolvers
Culture
American
Object number
58.171.2
Credit line
Gift of John E. Parsons, 1958

The Met object ID 27569. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.