Manufactured in the 1980s and subsequently embellished by Master Engraver Leonard Francolini. Francolini was a Master Engraver at the Colt factory before starting his business of only engraving exhibition guns. This revolver features a floral scroll engraving on a punch dot background accented with flush gold inlaid floral scrollwork and line borders. A leaf motif is engraved on the top strap. Francolini has signed his work on the crane. The cylinder pin, trigger and screw heads are niter blue, the hammer sides are polished, and the remaining surfaces are blue. Comes with the original Colt "wood grain" box.