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
LEONARD DENIS
Here is a
nice small revolver in 7 mm CF that the lucky owner, at first, took for a
"transition" Chamelot-Delvigne, made in Liège. My research in this direction has
yielded nothing. The originality of this revolver lies in the spring of the
loading door and the fact that when the door is lowered, the dog cannot operate.
Subsequently, he saw on a forum an identical revolver, but with French punches,
and, on the heel of the lacrosse, a hot-air balloon of the same type as the one
seen on the Giffard guns (compressed air).
Neither
of these two revolvers has a manufacturer/inventor mark or a "patented"
designation. According to the stamps, it is after 1894.
Markings
R crowned
on the cannon: striped cannon, in use since 1894;
q under
asterisk on the gun and on the barrel: countermark of the controller, in wisdom
after 1877;
ELG on
star in crowned oval: acceptance, in use since 1893;
C under
crown on barrel: unidentified.
Let's also have the initials DL under the right
sticker plate: either the initials of the founder, or those of the
manufacturer/inventor? I have only identified
Denis LEONARD
who could be considered as a manufacturer, but he was active earlier, around
1860/70; there is also
Dieudonné LEVAUX-STAS
but his initials are
DDL.
GP
