Sale 1319
New York
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4 April 2003
Price realised
USD 7,170
Estimate
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.
Provenance
F. Theodore Dexter
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Literature
Russell Barnett Aitken, 'Six Shooters Before Colt', True Magazine, January 1967, p. 51 (illustrated)
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
On 30 October Christie’s will auction more than 200 works from the collection of the renowned art dealer and scholar
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