Originally Posted By: Bruce in WV
but there is a * over an AH and vertical bar over three chevrons that are different.


Well, you just took a turn... The *AH is from around 1900 or so. The list of controllers were assembled from memory by employees. They could not be sure of marks associated with controllers before about 1911. I have a 1906 source that talks about double letters, but does not give names or dates of employment.

So, it looks like the barrels came much later. But the action is older. So far you have not described a makers mark. Francotte used many different marks over this time period. They all seemed to revolve around an AF and crown.

Pete