Colt Holster Model Paterson Revolver (No. 5)
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1839
name: label: maker
content: Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: The five-shot .36-caliber Paterson revolver became famous for its use on the western frontier. It is sometimes called the "Texas" Paterson because of its association with the Texas Rangers. This piece was filed as an example in the U. S. Patent Office about 1840. It is stamped with the Serial Number 414 on the frame and Serial Number 222 on the cylinder.
label: Description
content: This revolver was kept at the Patent Office until its transfer to the Smithsonian in 1908.
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: New Jersey, Paterson
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: American Enterprise
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content: National Treasures exhibit
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.251084
label: patent number
content: 1304
label: accession number
content: 48865
label: catalog number
content: 251084
objectType: label: Object Name
content: revolver
label: Object Name
content: revolver, percussion
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: revolver; Firearms; Percussion Fire; Rifled; Muzzle Load; Sa
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 13 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 4.445 cm x 34.29 cm x 13.97 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 13 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 12.7 cm x 34.925 cm x 3.81 cm