This Ehlers improved Colt Paterson Pocket Model (Fourth Model Ehlers Pocket) revolver was completed by John Ehlers after his acquisition of Samuel Colt's Patent Arms Manufacturing Co. As discussed on page 51 of Colt Single Action from Patersons to Peacemakers" by Dennis Adler, Ehlers acquired an estimated 536 incomplete Colt Paterson No. 1 and No. 2 revolvers in December 1842 following the collapse of Samuel Colt's Patent Arms Manufacturing Company. Ehler's advertised "Colt's Patent Repeating Fire-Arms With the Latest Improvement of 1843 and 1844" in the New York newspapers in 1844 and 1845, and advertisements by him for five missing "Colt's Patent Repeating Pistols" appeared in January 1846. This revolver has the distinctive Ehlers attached loading lever with retaining spring and cylinder with rounded rear and ratchet teeth rather than the cylinder turning ring found on early Colt Paterson revolvers. In addition, the top of the barrel is roll-stamped with the legend "Patent Arms Paterson. N.J.-Colt's Pt." with a blank space where the "M'g Co." marking was found on Colt Paterson revolvers. The five-shot cylinder is roll-engraved with the centaur scene and the "COLT" four horse-head trademark. The barrel has a post front sight. The revolver has a casehardened hammer and loading lever, varnished walnut grip with beveled butt, and blued finish on the remaining metal. The matching serial number "93" is on the wedge, barrel lug, rear of the cylinder, and trigger. This revolver was lot 190 in the C. B. Richards Galleries catalog of Andy Palmer's gun collection in 1972, and information relating to the sale of the revolver accompanies the lot. Provenance: The Andy Palmer Collection; Private Collection