Posted on 09/07/2014 3:48:48 PM PDT by dead
Between about 1880 and 1905, Tiffany & Co. embellished a series of deluxe handguns for the nation’s leading firearms manufacturers, notably Colt, Winchester, and, most important, Smith & Wesson. The guns were either special orders for Tiffany’s well-heeled clientele or commissioned by the manufacturer as show pieces for display in exhibitions such as the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.
Smith and Wesson .44 New Model No. 3 Single-Action Revolver, serial no. 25120
This New Model Revolver was a special order, recorded in the Smith & Wesson archives as having been shipped to Tiffany’s on November 11, 1888. Once in New York, the plain nickel-plated frame received a two-piece silver grip etched overall with scenes of a buffalo hunt.
During the late nineteenth century, Tiffany’s often used etching to render large areas of ornament, including complex and often charming pictorial compositions like this buffalo hunt...
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Purty! I esp.like the second one.
During the Civil War Tiffany’s made cannons for the Union. During the draft riots of 1863 they wheeled them out and lined them up in front of their store. It wasn’t looted.
Probably not California legal, tho. /sarc
Tiffany’s also made sabers for the Union soldiers.
nice!
Beautiful work.
First time I’ve ever seen charming used in conjunction with buffalo hunt.
I'll bet you could knock hard on a hundred doors and it would never show a blemish.
Getting blood and hair out might be a problem, though.
/johnny
“It’s got a heck of a knocker on the end.”
I would guess it is a snuff box. Reward oneself with a little snort for a job well done. :/
> During the Civil War Tiffany’s made cannons for the Union. During the draft riots of 1863 they wheeled them out and lined them up in front of their store. It wasn’t looted.”
The editor of the New York Times also got ahold of two Gatling guns and mounted them in front of the building. They were not touched either, although a competing newspaper (I forget the name) was gutted. Imagine the NYT doing that today.
/johnny
Haha! Too funny! Unless it is me getting bonged.
/johnny
Locked away in the safe from day one.
Nice, but only for decoration, not for use.
I know I am in a distinct minority but for me, nothing destroys the functional beauty of a firearm like engraving it. Trying to make a piece of jewelry out of a gun is wrongheaded, IMHO.
Rick would offer you $75 each, tops not one dollar more.
Frank would bundle them for $125.
Marin County is a tough place for a for pretty handguns, Right?
I have a saber , made in Solginen Prussia , that made it thru the yankee blockade and fought in Confederate hands . Probably ran a few of them Yankees through too . Still slightly bent .
I don’t actually live there. I just think its odd to carve up a gun. I don’t like decoration in general
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