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Or rather, Raimey, I think that Jean Pirlet was an employee of the Mode business, possibly as a condition to the purchase of Pirlet by Mode.
Jean Pirlet signs "pour fonction" i.e. in lieu of the big boss.

M. Dufour of Toulouse likely proposed an "invention" to the Mode house and they politely sent him to a patent attorney.

I used to own a Pirlet sidelock circa 1900 that was Belgian made.
It was my first sidelock that had been badly butchered. I got rid of it in a Parisian auction circa 1990. It would have been fantastic had it not been "restored" by bandits.
The things you have to learn when you start collecting....
Best regards,
WC-

don't mix up E. DUFAUR in the city of Toulouse and J. DUFAURE in Paris ....

I think that Jean Pirlet is working for Mod�.
Jean Pirlet is signing the with a P.PN that means "Par Procuration"
He signs with the permission of Mod�

Eug�ne L .

Pirlet will becomme his partnet for 1932 till 1954

Eug�ne L .

Lovely to see you post Eug�ne Lefaucheux.

Ruddy Bovine, have a gander at the AL.(Alphonse?) Bernard Brevete or encircled crown over AB here:

http://www.lesgrosbarbares.info/lefauche...p;thread_id=439

Have we seen him prior?

Kind Regards,

Raimey
rse

Would the side plate also be covering the hinge pin...don't see one. STeve

A. Bernard, patents a Damascus pattern in Liege in 1855
Bornier is a retailer in Dijon, Burgundy, France around 1890-1895.
A. Bernard is riding on L Bernard's coat-tails in a major way....
Not the same family...At least not immediate family...
WC- (NOT RB)

Not Alphonse Bernard but Albert Bernard , fameuse barrel maker how worked a lot with Casimir Lefaucheux (1802-1852)

Eugene L.

Hum, so was there an Albert & an Alphonse Bernard? This patent, whatever, gives that Alphonse Bernard had a novel pattern welded tube making idea and was the owner of an encircled AB:

http://www.littlegun.be/arme%20belge/artisans%20identifies%20b/a%20bernard%20alphonse%20gb.htm
Alphonse Bernard at Littlegun
Unless Alphonse is some other French term.

Kind Regards,

Raimey
rse

We don.t talk about the same person

Alphonse Bernard sign AB in a oval
Albert Bernard sign AB in a oval with a crown above ....

Eugene L.

While looking for some more informations of my french gun I stumbled over this french gun with another quite remarkable action:

http://www.littlegun.info/arme%20francaise/artisans%20a%20b/a%20bergeron%20gb.htm

Best regards,
gunwolf