Pair of silver-mounted French carriage pistols

cornelistromp · 20th February 2020, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by corrado26

Après le "Qui est Qui de l'Arme en France" I think, the gunmaker was Jean Baptiste MAZELIER 1726-1760. It was Perre Lepage who was apprentice at him between 1726 and 1730.
corrado26

yes this is correct and makes more sense.
if I look closer, I see that the e matches and the r does not.

best,

mariusgmioc · 20th February 2020, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by cornelistromp

yes this is correct and makes more sense.
if I look closer, I see that the e matches and the r does not.

best,

Exactly. The "r" in the middle was very strange and different from the one at the end.

Anyhow, excellent aquisition!

NeilUK · 21st February 2020, 01:27 AM

Thanks again to Corrado and to Jasper. Now that I know that there was a gunmaker named Mazelier (which I did not know before) I can see that name in the engraved signature. Even so Jasper's list shows that the name Mardier did exist, though not necessarily in the gunmaking trade.
I still think that the escutcheon depicts a family crest/arms. The displayed hand is clearly not enough by itself to identify the owner so the surmounting crown and supporting eagles (?) have to be taken into consideration.
Thanks to everyone for their comments.
Neil

21st February 2020, 01:27 AM	#3
NeilUK Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Scotland Posts: 126	Thanks again to Corrado and to Jasper. Now that I know that there was a gunmaker named Mazelier (which I did not know before) I can see that name in the engraved signature. Even so Jasper's list shows that the name Mardier did exist, though not necessarily in the gunmaking trade. I still think that the escutcheon depicts a family crest/arms. The displayed hand is clearly not enough by itself to identify the owner so the surmounting crown and supporting eagles (?) have to be taken into consideration. Thanks to everyone for their comments. Neil