Marriette Early Percussion Revolver

corrado26 · 10th August 2018, 06:39 PM

This pepperbox shows the mark "AF" (Stöckel 1244, p. 395) which stands for its maker Auguste Francotte, working at Liège in the years between 1810 and 1866. The Devisme signature stands for F.P. Devisme, gunmaker and dealer in Paris 1834-1859. He obviously bought this gun from Auguste Francotte and sold it after having signed it with his name.

Since 1853 normally proofed muzzleloaders in Belgium got the ELG mark without a crown, all guns which had been proofed with a stronger load had the ELG-mark with a crown.
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10th August 2018, 06:39 PM	#5
corrado26 Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Black Forest, Germany Posts: 1,226	This pepperbox shows the mark "AF" (Stöckel 1244, p. 395) which stands for its maker Auguste Francotte, working at Liège in the years between 1810 and 1866. The Devisme signature stands for F.P. Devisme, gunmaker and dealer in Paris 1834-1859. He obviously bought this gun from Auguste Francotte and sold it after having signed it with his name. Since 1853 normally proofed muzzleloaders in Belgium got the ELG mark without a crown, all guns which had been proofed with a stronger load had the ELG-mark with a crown. corrado26