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A PAIR OF ENGRAVED COLT MODEL 1851 NAVY REVOVLERS, NUMBERS 63590 & 93754 FOR 1856 AND 1860
Number 93754. factory engraved with scrolls and stippled fields, bearing the rare motif of a Zouave head with pipe, hand-engraved Colt's Patent, naval engagement on cylinder, silver plated grip straps, the back strap inscribed R.L. Walker, varnished deluxe walnut grips; number 63590, a small trigger guard 1851, custom engraved and custom inscribed on back strap to match original factory engraved Colt 1851 no. 93754, within a rosewood veneered casing containing many accessories (some like the skin-cartridge packet are reproductions).
7½ inch (19 cm.) barrels
Number 93754 with dark patina overall, retaining much original varnish and silver palting. Number 63590 custom engraved to match the original pistol. Casing not original to the pistol(s), some accessories modern. Reuben Lindsay Walker, graduate of V.M.I. in 1845, colonel and commnder of Lt. General A.P. Hill's III Army Corps, commanded sixty-three cannons at Gettysburg and was with General Robert E. Lee at Appomatox Court House on April 10, 1986.
Appointed to the Texas Legislature in 1884, as superintendant of contruction of the Texas State Capitol. He resided in Austin until about 1888.
93754 came to collector S.P. Stevens from Ralph Beard, and 63590 from Jack Dutton. Traded to Tom Seymour III, the pistols later came into the possession of Gaines de Graffenried.
A binder of considerable documentation regarding R.L. Walker's military career accompany these pistols. Original black & white photographs of Mr. and Mrs. S.P. Stevens with these revolvers and letters from Arnie Chernoff, Tom Seymour III, and many members of the Texas State government discussing these guns are also included.
Number 93754. factory engraved with scrolls and stippled fields, bearing the rare motif of a Zouave head with pipe, hand-engraved Colt's Patent, naval engagement on cylinder, silver plated grip straps, the back strap inscribed R.L. Walker, varnished deluxe walnut grips; number 63590, a small trigger guard 1851, custom engraved and custom inscribed on back strap to match original factory engraved Colt 1851 no. 93754, within a rosewood veneered casing containing many accessories (some like the skin-cartridge packet are reproductions).
7½ inch (19 cm.) barrels
Number 93754 with dark patina overall, retaining much original varnish and silver palting. Number 63590 custom engraved to match the original pistol. Casing not original to the pistol(s), some accessories modern. Reuben Lindsay Walker, graduate of V.M.I. in 1845, colonel and commnder of Lt. General A.P. Hill's III Army Corps, commanded sixty-three cannons at Gettysburg and was with General Robert E. Lee at Appomatox Court House on April 10, 1986.
Appointed to the Texas Legislature in 1884, as superintendant of contruction of the Texas State Capitol. He resided in Austin until about 1888.
93754 came to collector S.P. Stevens from Ralph Beard, and 63590 from Jack Dutton. Traded to Tom Seymour III, the pistols later came into the possession of Gaines de Graffenried.
A binder of considerable documentation regarding R.L. Walker's military career accompany these pistols. Original black & white photographs of Mr. and Mrs. S.P. Stevens with these revolvers and letters from Arnie Chernoff, Tom Seymour III, and many members of the Texas State government discussing these guns are also included.
Literature
Conger, Roger N., Texas Collector: Gaines de Graffenried, Texian Press, Waco, 1987, pages 85-6.