David Kucer 1/3 Scale Colt 1851 Navy & Colt 1860 Army Percussion Revolvers Double Cased Set With Accessories, Serial # 2

This is a pair of Colt percussion revolvers in 1/3 scale including a 1851 Navy and a 1860 Army, cased with accessories made by master miniaturist David Kucer of Montreal, Canada.

The 1851 Navy is 4 3/8″ long overall with a 2 7/16″ rifled octagon barrel.  The revolver is made of machined steel with a blue & case colored finish except for the brass front sight, backstrap, & triggerguard.  Fully functional but non firing.  The cylinder is engraved with the original Ormsby battle scene of the Texas Navy’s victory over Mexico on May 16, 1843 along with “COLT’S PATENT No”, but no serial number stamped after “No”.  The serial # “2” stamped into the rear bottom of the barrel, the bottom front of the frame, & the front bottom of the triggerguard.  “D. KUCER” is stamped into the bottom of the barrel hidden by the loading lever.  The top flat of the barrel engraved “-ADDRESS SAML (the L smaller & raised) COLT NEW-YORK CITY-“.  The hammer with both half & full cock.  Checkered hammer spur & loading rammer release.  Beautiful one piece rosewood grip with a gloss finish.  Near mint condition.

The 1960 Army IS 4 9/16″ long overall with a 2 5/8” rifled round barrel.  Made of machined steel with a blue & case colored finish except for the brass front sight & triggerguard.  Fully functional but non-firing.  The cylinder engraved with the normal Ormsby naval battle scene along with “COLT’S PATENT No”, but no serial number stamped after “No”.  The serial # “2” stamped into the rear bottom of the barrel, the bottom front of the frame, the front bottom of the triggerguard, & the bottom of the backstrap.  “D. KUCER” is stamped into the bottom of the barrel hidden by the loading lever.  The top of the barrel engraved “-ADDRESS COL. SAML (the L smaller & raised) COLT NEW-YORK U. S. AMERICA-“.  The hammer has both half & full cock.  the hammer spur & loading lever latch are checkered.  Beautiful one piece rosewood grip with a gloss finish.  Near mint condition except the barrel is starting to turn a plum purple.

Accessories include the detachable shoulder stock with brass furniture, blue steel small parts, & rosewood stock which will only fit the 1860 Army.  A beautiful functional copper & brass powder flask with embossed cannon, cannon balls, flags, & crossed pistols on one side; a two legged brass bullet mold casting both a round & a conical ball with a steel sprue cutter finished in the white for the 1851 Navy; a blue steel bullet mold casting both a round & a conical ball for the 1860 Army; a combination steel “L” shaped nipple wrench/screwdriver finished in the white, an empty lift top steel cap tin with black on white Eley label, another copper lift top tin containing 3 spare nipples, a spare screw, & a spare cylinder stop; a spare hammer spring, & the brass case key with Kucer coat of arms logo on each side.  All in near mint condition.

All housed in a rosewood hinged top case, English fit, & lined in red felt.  The top front left corner of the case with the normal oval Kucer inlaid medallion with the Kucer coat of arms logo.  In near mint condition.  This is only the second one of these double cased Colt sets by David Kucer I have ever seen & the other one was engraved by Roger Sampson which I sold back in 2021.  Stock # CK-167.  Price:  $9,500.00

The cased set:

The 1851 Navy:

The 1860 Army with shoulder stock:

The accessories:

The case: