PALMETTO ARMORY PISTOL, EX-DR. FRED NOVY COLLECTION

PALMETTO ARMORY PISTOL, EX-DR. FRED NOVY COLLECTION

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Item Code: 282-464

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This single shot pistol was made at the Palmetto Armory in Columbia, SC. The Palmetto Armory was founded in the early 1850s by William Glaze to make and supply arms to South Carolina’s State Militia. The armory had a contract with the state government to supply one thousand pairs of these pistols and assorted other arms. The pistol contract was later reduced to 1,000 pistols, or 500 pairs. Glaze was to begin delivery in January of 1852, but no pistols were delivered until well into 1853. Glaze did manage to complete this contract in 1853.

All of these pistols were owned by the state of South Carolina and as such they were housed at the state arsenal. After the secession fever of the early 1850s died down, the pistols were no longer needed and remained in storage until 1860, when a clash between North and South seemed inevitable. The arms stored in the arsenal were issued to South Carolina’s troops and used throughout the war.

The Palmetto pistol is made on the U.S. model 1842 pattern. It has a .54 smoothbore barrel. The barrel is deeply marked “Wm Glaze & Co” on the left barrel flat. The breech is clearly stamped with a Palmetto tree and a “V.” The lock plate is stamped with a Palmetto Tree and “Palmetto Armory S*C” encircling it; and “Columbia / S.C. 1852” is stamped behind the hammer.

The pistol is in excellent, original condition. The bore is in very good condition. The wood is extremely nice, having very sharp edges. The tang date is obliterated, but the Wm Glaze & Co, date and Palmetto Armory stamping are unusually crisp and deep; the stock’s edges are also remarkably sharp. The pistol is in remarkably good condition, and it would be naturally assumed that it saw little use, but the pocking around the breech shows that it was fired many times. The owner must have prized it highly considering how well he cared for it and he carved his initials “JG” into the reverse stock face.

This particular pistol is from the collection of Dr. Fred Novy so there is no doubt about its authenticity. Dr. Novy spent many years collecting and studying Palmetto Armory products and no doubt knows more about them than anyone living, and it is he that settles all questions of authenticity relative to Palmetto Armory products presented to him by the collecting/dealer community. Dr. Novy’s detailed drawing accompanies the pistol.

This is a wonderful example, worthy of the finest question.  [ph:L]

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