Manufactured in 1892, this revolver displays a highly attractive and unusual set of decoration with much of the surface covered with fine silver overlaid in the koftgari style. Chiefly associated with Indo-Persian weaponry, koftgari begins with a shallow cross-hatching of the steel to be decorated. The patterns in the silver are formed by hammering thin sheets and wires of the metal into the cross-hatching, which binds the silver on the surface. Needless to say, this is not an embellishment style typically seen on an American firearm and gives this Model 1878 a very distinctive appearance. Fitted with blade and groove sights with the one-line address and "COLT FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER" on the barrel, fine silver panel scrollwork with wire borders on over 70% of the surface, reaching 95%+ on the frame sides and including tricky areas like the loading groove. The fine Colt high-polish blue finish shows through on the unadorned parts with niter blue on the hammer and trigger. The grips are a pair of silver panels with wooden cores for stability decorated with a combination of an engraved scroll and vine work with a textured background and selectively aged accents and geometric patterns.