BY ORBEA HERMANOS, EIBAR, NO. 6953, CIRCA 1861
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A 12mm. Spanish Model 1854 Lefaucheux Patent Six-Shot Single-Action Pin-Fire Service Revolver
By Orbea Hermanos, Eibar, No. 6953, circa 1861
With two-stage sighted barrel stamped with maker's name and address, the serial numbered octagonal breech section stamped 'S. Sutherland, Richmond, VA.', ejector-rod, plain cylinder, frame and grip-strap, spur trigger-guard, walnut grips, and lanyard ring, the barrel and cylinder retaining traces of original finish
11in. (29.2cm.)
Samuel Sutherland is recorded as a gunsmith and firearms importer in Richmond, VA., between 1851 and 1875. Sutherland is known to have "...served the Confederacy in the alteration of flintlocks and repairs of arms". See Robert E. Gardner, Small Arms Makers, New York, 1963, p. 190
Many thousands of European pin-fire revolvers were imported and issued during the American Civil War by both sides
By Orbea Hermanos, Eibar, No. 6953, circa 1861
With two-stage sighted barrel stamped with maker's name and address, the serial numbered octagonal breech section stamped 'S. Sutherland, Richmond, VA.', ejector-rod, plain cylinder, frame and grip-strap, spur trigger-guard, walnut grips, and lanyard ring, the barrel and cylinder retaining traces of original finish
11in. (29.2cm.)
Samuel Sutherland is recorded as a gunsmith and firearms importer in Richmond, VA., between 1851 and 1875. Sutherland is known to have "...served the Confederacy in the alteration of flintlocks and repairs of arms". See Robert E. Gardner, Small Arms Makers, New York, 1963, p. 190
Many thousands of European pin-fire revolvers were imported and issued during the American Civil War by both sides