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A RARE .44 CONFEDERATE DRAGOON REVOLVER BY CLARK, SHERRARD & CO., LANCASTER, TEXAS, NO. 288, CIRCA 1866
The third model type configuration dragoon revolver with a panel on barrel etched, CLARK, SHERRARD & CO./LANCASTER, TEXAS, cylinder with two panels one etched, TEXAS ARMS and the other showing two armourial figures aside a stand of cannon, numbered 288 on barrel lug and frame, brass grip straps, walnut grips, sold together with its N.R.A. silver medal and certificate awarded to this revolver during the N.R.A. Convention held in San Antonio, Texas, May 18-20, 1979. Also presented with the original "Texas Gun Collectors Ass'n. Booth" yellow-ribbon for this same event.
7½ inch (19cm.) barrel
Fine aged brown patina overall.
Tucker, Sherrard & Co. (Clark, Sherrard & Co.) In 1861, Labon E. Tucker, J.H. Sherrard, and others formed the firm and in 1862 the company entered into a contract with the State of Texas to produce handguns. The venture never went past very limited initial production. In 1867, A.S. Clark, the company's foreman during the war, assembled left-over components into complete revolvers. Quantity assembled is believed to number about 400.
See Albaugh, William, Confederate Handguns, pages 199 - 204.
Discovered in Fort Smith, Arkansas by Larry Sheerin, Dr. Brian Aynesworth and Gaines de Graffenried.
The third model type configuration dragoon revolver with a panel on barrel etched, CLARK, SHERRARD & CO./LANCASTER, TEXAS, cylinder with two panels one etched, TEXAS ARMS and the other showing two armourial figures aside a stand of cannon, numbered 288 on barrel lug and frame, brass grip straps, walnut grips, sold together with its N.R.A. silver medal and certificate awarded to this revolver during the N.R.A. Convention held in San Antonio, Texas, May 18-20, 1979. Also presented with the original "Texas Gun Collectors Ass'n. Booth" yellow-ribbon for this same event.
7½ inch (19cm.) barrel
Fine aged brown patina overall.
Tucker, Sherrard & Co. (Clark, Sherrard & Co.) In 1861, Labon E. Tucker, J.H. Sherrard, and others formed the firm and in 1862 the company entered into a contract with the State of Texas to produce handguns. The venture never went past very limited initial production. In 1867, A.S. Clark, the company's foreman during the war, assembled left-over components into complete revolvers. Quantity assembled is believed to number about 400.
See Albaugh, William, Confederate Handguns, pages 199 - 204.
Discovered in Fort Smith, Arkansas by Larry Sheerin, Dr. Brian Aynesworth and Gaines de Graffenried.
Provenance
Larry Sheerin
Tom Seymour
Gaines de Graffenried
Tom Seymour
Gaines de Graffenried
Literature
Conger, Roger N., Texas Collector: Gaines de Graffenried, Texian Press, Waco, Texas, 1987, ppg. 81-82.
Gary, William A., Confederate Revolvers, K8 Communications, np, 1987, ppg. 92-95.
Wilson, R.L., Antique Arms Annual, S.P. Stevens publisher, Waco, Texas, 1971, page 122.
Gary, William A., Confederate Revolvers, K8 Communications, np, 1987, ppg. 92-95.
Wilson, R.L., Antique Arms Annual, S.P. Stevens publisher, Waco, Texas, 1971, page 122.
Exhibited
NRA's Affiliated Gun Collector Organizations, 108th Annual Meeting, May 20th, 1979, San Antonio, Texas. Awarded Certificate of Recognition and NRA Silver Medal No. 188 Ten Best Weapons Award 1979.