Less than 10,000 of these David Williamson patent pistols were manufactured by Moore's Patent Fire Arms Company and the National Fire Arms Company in the late 1860s. The vast majority of the relatively few surviving examples are generally in fairly poor condition whereas this example is in exceptionally fine condition. They were produced in a variety of finishes and combinations including a select few in this extremely high end configuration. Gold finish is noted as a rare feature. It has a blued barrel with a blade front sight, arrow pattern engraved on top, fine traditional scrollwork engraving on the sides, burst patterns at the breech, "WILLIAMSON'S PAT. OCT. 2. 1866. NEW YORK" on the left, and the serial number on the bottom right near the muzzle. The gold plated brass frame has the serial number on top under the barrel, burst pattern engraving at the front, traditional punch dot backed scrollwork on most of the balance, and some additional accents. The gold plated brass trigger guard is engraved en-suite. The hammer spur is knurled and has a groove that serves as the rear sight.