Just ran across another French double with a top lever stop. Not marked V-C, nor "Helice", nor any of the other variations of "Helice". Matter of fact, not marked at all with a maker's name. Single St. Etienne proof, 3-digit serial number. 16ga, 65mm chambers, barrels of "acier superieur". Very basic gun, but in nice shape. A true French "no-namer", or guild gun as we choose to call them. French guns are always problematic to date, and nothing on this one to give any very good clues. But I would guess between the wars.

Re V-C in Lyon, the 1922 catalog does not list a "depot" in Lyon. It does list one in Paris, and in fact every page, at the top, has either the St. Etienne address or the Paris address (Angle Place de la Bourse). The 1934 catalog uses the same format: pages alternating between the St. Etienne address at the top, or the Paris address (now 37, Rue Vivienne) plus an address for a Lyon "depot": 8, Rue des Archers.