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
Mariette Servais
This is a
12mm pinfire pistol. The ripped barrel is one piece with the body and has 5
rifled on the right. The pinfire cartridge slips into a chamber block falling
from left to right like a cylinder. No extraction system except a short metal
rod also used to hold the breech-block in the closed position. This rod is
itself held by a spring. The pear grips consists of two grid walnut pads,
connected by two rosettes and a through screw.
The
weapon is covered with a scroll engraving.
I didn’t
see any punches of the Liège proofhouse on the photos !
This weapon is the subject of the Belgian patent n°
014 407 filed on 16.05.1865 by
Mariette Servais
of Cheratte (Liège).He is the son of the famous
Mariette
Guillaume, a prolific inventor.
Servais
is known to us for filing 5 patents of inventions.
The brand
Houiller Blanchard Bte in Paris actually belongs to the Parisian dealer of this
weapon. The fact that it claims to be patented is just a publicity trick. It has
nothing to do with the patent of this gun.
GG
