Lot 18
  • 18

A Josiah Ells 2nd Model Bar-Hammer Pocket Revolver, Serial No. 72

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 USD
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Description

  • Steel, Walnut Wood
blued octagonal barrel, bar-hammer marked ELLS PATENT on left-side and dated AUG. 1, 1854 / APRIL, 28, 1857 on right-side, cylinder engraved with foliate patterns, frame engraved en suite, varnished walnut grips

3-3/4 inch octagonal barrel 



Josiah W. Ells, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, inventor



Four variations of the Ells Pocket revolver - approximately 550 in total were made in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.