Cased Consecutively Numbered Pair Of U.S. Historical Society 47% Scale Colt 1860 Army “Classic Edition” Percussion Revolvers, #’s 481 & 482, With Accessories

This is a cased consecutively numbered pair of “Classic Edition” United States Historical Society 47% scale miniature Colt 1860 Army revolvers with accessories.  Fully functional, but non-firing.  6 3/8″ long overall with a 3 3/4″ .21 caliber round rifled barrels.  Charcoal blue and case colored finished with one piece select rosewood grips.  Factory roll stamped barrel addresses “-ADDRESS SAML (underlined small, raised L) COLT NEW-YORK U.S. AMERICA-“.  “.44 Cal” marked trigger guards, the front left of the frames marked “COLT’S, PATENT” in two lines.  Roll engraved cylinders with the Ormsby naval scene.  Serial numbers 481 & 482 stamped into the bottoms of the barrel lugs, the bottom front of the frames, the bottom front of the trigger guards, the bottom of the backstraps, & the sides of the cylinders.  Checkered hammer spurs & loading lever latches.  The hammers have both half & full cock.  These miniatures were made by Uberti for the USHS under license from Colt in the mid 80’s.  They were a limited edition of 1500.  Unlike most the other Uberti miniatures Colt revolvers which were made until about 2008, these miniature 1860 Colt revolvers have not been made in over 40 years.  Complete with a hinged top mahogany double casing with slide latch made by Vic Wait in South Africa.  The case top has a round brass COLT escutcheon inlaid into the right front corner.  The interior English fit with a dust ledge & lined in a fancy red velour.  The interior lid has the Colt directions for loading pistols label.  Accessories include a powder flask with raised dog & pheasants, a bullet mold with brass legs & “COLT’s PATENT” marked blue steel sprue cutter that cast both a round and a conical ball, a cap tin with green ELEY label, a blued steel “L” shaped nipple wrench/screwdriver, a brass cleaning rod, and a dummy cartridge packet.  The left rear of the case interior bottom has a rectangular brass plaque marked “TWIN 1860 COLT ARMY, Miniature Revolvers, By Uberti, Italy”, in three lines.  Serial # 482 is mint.  Serial # 481 has a discolored spot of blue on the right side of the barrel just ahead of the wedge, otherwise it’s mint also.  Price:  $2,000.00.