I for one am somewhat confused by the Faure - LePage name and it may be that until a family tree is found/penned that we will fully understand the Faure-LePage family relationships. Some sources give that Faure LePage was a relative or descendent of Perin LePage, who was an apprentice or a craftsman with Nicolas Boutet. Perin LePage(1793-1813 in Versailles & 1816 - 1840s in Paris) had employed Nicolas Bernard as his tube maker until Nicolas Bernard left in 1821 to hang out his own shingle. Faure LePage hung out his shingle in 1716(1816??) at 8, rue de Richelieu. Leaving a big gap and fast forwarding to post WWI, it appears that Faure LePage weapons were subcontracted or sourced to a craftsman in Saint Etienne area. H.(Henri) Faure LePage appears to have been in business until just before WWI. I would assume that Maison Faure LePage is a close relative of H. Faure LePage as well as Perin LePage. I can't say about the text on the top rib but the stamp on the underside of the tube is similar to other ? Faure LePage stamps and I would venture a guess that the 3 stamps denote that a barrel maker/barrel knitter(St. Etienne Craftsman??) performed 3 different/independent task; therefore, receiving compenstation for the effort as well as liability.
There's a story or an account, about/by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin(I could not get the Russian to post), and for the moment it seems that a character in the story was terminated with a pistol with a Lepage tube and the story or pistols are at the Pushkin Museum?
I think it is contained here at 25( XXVI.(XXV))??:
http://www.onegin-xxi.by.ru/roman/onegin_I_6.htm ??
Kind Regards,
Raimey
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