Deluxe, factory engraved, Henry rifle that was manufactured in late 1862. The brass receiver and crescent buttplate are silver-plated and the barrel and integral 15-shot magazine are blue. The stock is nicely figured walnut with a high polish piano finish. The early style receiver has the rear sight mounted in the alternate sight dovetail behind the ejection port. The folding leaf rear sight has rounded top with 900 yard center notch. The rear sight dovetail on the barrel is filled with a factory blank. The gold-plated, nickel-silver, front sight blade is the early, half-moon, pattern. The magazine has the early style, small diameter, follower and the receiver has the narrow, straight, follower cut. The buttplate has the early style, rounded, heel and is fitted with a hinged trap door. The serial number, "1443" is stamped on the top barrel flat, left side of the lower tang beneath the stock, in the upper receiver tang inlet of the stock and on the inside of the buttplate below the trap. The hand-fitted buttplate and tang screws are all stamped with the rifle serial number. All of the visible serial numbers match. The top barrel flat is roll-stamped with the first style legend: "HENRY'S PATENT. OCT. 16. 1860/MANUFACT'D BY THE NEWHAVEN. ARMS. CO. NEWHAVEN. CT." in two-lines. The early style legend utilizes serrifed letters except for the second "NEWHAVEN" which is stamped in block letters. The rifle is not fitted with the sling swivel and loop for sling hook which were special order items on early production Henry rifles. The receiver and buttplate heel are decorated the early style New Haven Arms Co., factory engraving. The engraving features large scrollwork with large curls with leaf and scroll terminals on a punch dot background. The early factory engraved Henry rifles did not have the large flower petal design on the forward receiver panels found on later production rifles with factory engraving. The engraving on the right side of the receiver is nearly identical to Henry rifle serial number 1441 illustrated and described on page 15 of "THE BOOK OF WINCHESTER ENGRAVING" by R.L. Wilson. The left side of the receiver has the same scroll style as the right side with the addition of a geometric pattern engraved between the side plate scrolls. Henry rifle serial number 1570 has similar engraving and is illustrated on page 19 of "THE BOOK OF WINCHESTER ENGRAVING". Most factory engraving on Henry rifles is believed to have been executed by Samuel J. Hoggson. In November 1862, the retail price for a Henry rifle as $42.00 and silver-plating and engraving were an additional $10.00. During the first year of production the New Haven Arms Co., manufactured a significant number of deluxe factory engraved Henry rifles. Some of these deluxe rifles were intended for presentation to promote the new Henry rifle. As sales increased toward the end of 1862 the New Haven Arms Co., produced fewer deluxe engraved rifles like this example and concentrated on the production of standard Henry rifles for sale to individual Federal soldiers who recognized the firepower offered by a repeating rifle with a 15-shot magazine. Deluxe, factory engraved, Henry rifles are scarce.