This is a very fine original example of a Colt Model 1848 Pocket (Baby Dragoon) Revolver that was manufactured c. 1849. This Baby Dragoon revolver features a five-shot cylinder with rectangular cylinder stop slots roll-engraved with the Stagecoach Holdup scene. The barrel has no provision for a loading lever and there is no loading cut-out in the barrel lug. The barrel and cylinder are blue, the frame and hammer are casehardened and the trigger guard and back strap are silver plated. The one piece walnut grip has a varnished 'piano' finish. The top of the barrel is roll-stamped "ADDRESS SAML COLT/NEW-YORK CITY" in two lines. "COLTS/PATENT" is stamped in small letters on the left side of the frame. The full serial number is stamped on the bottom of the barrel lug, frame, cylinder, trigger guard and back strap. The partial serial number, "297" is stamped on the wedge and cylinder arbor pin. All of the visible serial numbers match. The revolver is contained in a Colt American style factory mahogany case with five compartments lined with red velvet. The case contains: (1) 1848 Pocket Model flask with embossed eagles on both sides of the flask body. (2) Brass double cavity Model 1849 bullet mold for round and conical balls; the top of the mold has "COLTS/PATENT" stamped across the top of the blocks. (3) Early Eley Brothers green label 100 cap tin of percussion caps for "COLT'S PT/Belt and Pocket/PISTOLS" (4) blued screw-driver/nipple wrench with sloping shoulders and square cut to nipple barrel. The Colt Baby Dragoon was the first pocket model revolver manufactured at the Colt Hartford factory. Only about 15,000 of these diminutive copies of the Colt Dragoon revolvers were manufactured between 1847 and 1850. Provenance: The Norm Vegely Collection