Lot Essay
The engraver Dewil was employed by Fabrique Nationale of Liège for some 30 years, and retired in about 1983. He was one of their top engravers, and carried out the work on this revolver in the 1950s
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NO. 113487 FOR 1863, DECORATED BY DEWIL OF LIÈGE
Details
A .44 COLT 1860 MODEL ARMY PERCUSSION REVOLVER
No. 113487 for 1863, decorated by Dewil of Liège
Cut for a shoulder stock and with modern custom gold-encrusted and inlaid decoration and engraving, and browned, blued and gilt finish, the figured walnut grips carved and chequered, matching numbers, and signed in gold by the decorator
13½in.
No. 113487 for 1863, decorated by Dewil of Liège
Cut for a shoulder stock and with modern custom gold-encrusted and inlaid decoration and engraving, and browned, blued and gilt finish, the figured walnut grips carved and chequered, matching numbers, and signed in gold by the decorator
13½in.
Provenance
F. Theodore Dexter
Literature
Russell Barnett Aitken, 'Six Shooters Before Colt', True Magazine, January 1967, p. 51 (illustrated)