item details
NamePowder flask
Production1853-1856; London
Classificationpowder flasks
Materialscopper, brass
DimensionsOverall: 50mm (width), 25mm (height), 120mm (length)
Registration NumberDM000119/4
Credit lineGift of the Wellington City Council, 1929
Overview
Percussion revolver, Colt 'Navy' Model 1851,Calibre .36.
In 1853 Samuel Colt established a factory in London which produced thousands of examples of this model for the British forces in the Crimean War. The London factory closed in 1856.