steel barrel, hammer, and cylinder; walnut wood grips on handle with brass trim and trigger guard; .36 caliber; six holes for bullets; stamped on top of barrel: ʺ--ADDRESS COL. SAM COLT NEW-YORK U.S. AMERICA --;ʺ serial number on brass plate next to trigger guard, on both sides of where barrel and cylinder are hinged, and on butt: ʺ117815;ʺ stamped on one side below cylinder: ʺCOLTS PATENT;ʺ stamped on cylinder: ʺCOLTS PATENT NO. 117815ʺ