Posted September 19, 2019 8:36 am by Comments

By Dennis Adler

This Colt 1860 Army shows a Civil-War battle scene.


This second-generation Colt featured Tiffany-style grips.
The Tiffany Colts featured elaborate designs.
Colt 1860 Army that took more than a year to complete.
Designed by Tom Watts and engraved by Andrew Bourbon, the pistol took more than a year to complete.

Today, you wouldn’t think of Tiffany & Company as a place to purchase a gun, unless it was made out of diamonds, but there was a time when one of the finest gifts a gentleman could receive was a custom pistol purchased from the House of Tiffany in New York.

Three versions of the Whitney revolver.

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