Some of the most beautiful work of this craftsman, and many others, are in this book “Liège Gunmakers through their Work. 1800 - 1950”.
For more detail see: LIEGE GUNMAKERS
Noël LEDENT
Here’s
what was certainly a nice revolver when it was full, I mean with its grips of
course.
The
cylinder tilts to the right after lowering the door to the rear.
Caliber
unknown.
The ELG
stamp on a star in a crowned oval indicates that it is dated after July 11,
1893.
According to a member of the team, it is a creation of
Noël LEDENT,
whose name can be seen on the handle, already mentioned on the website.
Later, the same member tried to find this type of "bossette" at the level of the hammer... and thus he arrived at Dieudonné OURY (see the last revolver).
Would it have been manufactured by
N. LEDENT
with omission of the
DD OURY breveté
???
That is
plausible.
GP with the help of HPH, Chris and MC.
Noël Ledent
It is about a revolver of reduced size Puppy kind.
The system of opened with crack is of type S&W. The hammer is hidden way hammerless.
The trigger is folding without trigger guard.
The cylinder is grooved with 5 blows. The extractor is of type out of star.
I am unaware of the calibre (non visible on photographs)
The rifled bore is round with a triangular back sight with round point; the bead is dug in the frame.
The grips are out of ebony (or false ebony?) smooth connected by a screw and two rivet washers.
The weapon carries the lawful punches of the proofhouse of Liege, namely:
ELG on star in an oval: final acceptance, of use of 1846 to 1893.
A under star: countermark of the controller post 1877.
The weapon was thus manufactured between 1877 and 1893.
The manufacturer is identifiable by mark N.LEDENT struck an amount of grips.
It is about an arms manufacturer of BARCHON (province of Liege) named Noël LEDENT. It is known for a Belgian patent deposited in 1886 for a stop of striker applicable to the revolvers.
GG
