LEPAGE MOUTIER Beautiful centerfire revolver. Single and double action. Octagonal barrel with eight wide, slightly rotating rifling. Band signed "Lepage-Moutier Inventeur Bté à Paris". Cal. 11 mm. Short cylindrical barrel, engraved with scrolls, with six chambers. Barrel integral with the cylinder, tilting to the left for loading, with lever to the right to remove the percussion caps. The whole partially engraved with scrolls, in continuation of the barrel, and with black patina. Several parts marked "7". Varnished walnut stock. Stock lug marked "127" on the right, and stamped with the "Lepage-Moutier LM" label on the left (worn). Pommel with ring. Second Empire (1852-1870). Barrel length: 16.5 cm - Overall length: 29.5 cm. As is. Worn patina, notably on the lever which has turned brown, a few scratches from use; a few small spots of oxidation on the barrel and some cleaned rust in some of the barrel's rifling. Presented in a (later) varnished oak case, sheathed in brown velvet, with an unsigned bullet mold (wear, stains, tears and missing velvet; a few scratches and small dents to the wood). Model improved and patented around 1866-1867, based on a model that appeared in 1858. It was used by officers during the 1870 war, to compensate for the lack of handguns available to them. LEPAGE-MOUTIER, harquebusiers active in Paris between 1842 and 1868. Bibliography Revue Cibles, n°139, October 1981, "Courrier des lecteurs", this revolver is described, with a drawing, by its then owner and identified, commented and dated by J-R.C., pp. 672-673.