史密斯威森1½型第二期左轮手枪（序列号30451），带表壳 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	史密斯威森1½型第二期左轮手枪（序列号30451），带表壳
品名（英）	Smith & Wesson Model 1 ½ Second Issue Revolver (serial no. 30451) with Case
入馆年号	2021年，2021.397a, b
策展部门	武器和盔甲（Arms and Armor）
创作者	Smith & Wesson【1852 至现在】【美国人】
创作年份	公元 1869
创作地区	原产国: 美国, 马萨诸塞州, 斯普林菲尔德（Country of Origin: United States, Massachusetts, Springfield）
分类	火器手枪左轮手枪（Firearms-Pistols-Revolvers）
尺寸	pistol (a): 长 7 11/16 英寸 (19.5 厘米); 长 of barrel 3 1/2 英寸 (8.9 厘米); Cal. .32 英寸 (8.1 毫米) [.32 Rimfire Long]; case (b): 8 7/8 x 5 1/4 x 1 7/8 英寸 (22.5 x 13.3 x 4.8 厘米)
介绍（中）	这把手枪属于史密斯威森左轮手枪的独家组，带有广泛的雕刻和金色镶嵌装饰，用于在国际展览中展出，并在 1860 年代末和 1870 年代作为礼物送给国家元首、名人和重要的公司官员。史密斯和威森于 1870 年向尤利西斯·格兰特总统（1822-1885 年）赠送了一把（现藏于加利福尼亚州洛杉矶的美国西部奥特里博物馆，编号 2012.2.31），很可能是大都会的左轮手枪，一年前由同一位雕刻师以几乎相同的方式装饰，启发了它的设计。该装饰由德裔美国雕刻师古斯塔夫·杨（Gustave Young，1827-1895 年）执行，他于 1853 年移民到美国，并在 1853 年至 1858 年期间为柯尔特雕刻，然后与史密斯和威森长期合作。这把手枪是他最伟大的成就之一，更广泛地说，证明了欧洲移民在塑造 1850 年代以来美国枪支装饰传统方面的核心作用。与这个时代由在德国接受培训的移民雕刻师装饰的其他美国枪支一样，包括大都会收藏的柯尔特左轮手枪和温彻斯特步枪，其雕刻与西欧枪支装饰的当代趋势相呼应，并源自 1840 年代至 50 年代德国和比利时枪支图案书籍中发表的设计。这把左轮手枪的原始表壳装有假弹，进一步证实了其作为展示品的预期用途，其框架左侧有一个尚未破译的字母组合。
介绍（英）	This pistol belongs to an exclusive group of Smith and Wesson revolvers with extensive engraved and gold inlaid decoration, produced for display at international exhibitions and as gifts to heads of state, celebrities, and important company officials in the late 1860s and 1870s. Smith and Wesson presented one to President Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885) in 1870 (now in the Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, CA, acc. no. 2012.2.31) and it is likely that The Met's revolver, decorated in a nearly identical fashion by the same engraver one year earlier, inspired its design. The decoration was executed by the German-American engraver Gustave Young (1827–1895), who emigrated to the United States in 1853 and engraved for Colt from 1853–1858 before his long association with Smith and Wesson. This pistol stands out as one of his greatest achievements and, more broadly, testifies to European immigrants' central role in shaping American firearms' decorative traditions from the 1850s forward. Like other American firearms from this era decorated by immigrant engravers trained in Germany, including Colt revolvers and Winchester rifles in The Met's collection, its engraving echoes contemporary trends in western European firearms decoration and derives from designs published in German and Belgian firearms pattern books of the 1840s–50s. Preserved with its original case fitted with dummy rounds that further confirm its intended use as a display piece, the revolver features a monogram on the left side of its frame that has yet to be deciphered.