Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Pair of silver-mounted French carriage pistols

cornelistromp · 20th February 2020, 01:53 PM

Hi Neil,

extremely beautiful couple!

Mardier could also be the name of the owner, see for example page 10 of the attached publication of honored soldiers.the publication is from 1790, this corresponds nicely with the age of the couple.

the raised hand may indicate that the owner has taken some kind of a (military) oath. It doesn't have to be a coat of arms.

best
Jasper

https://books.google.nl/books?id=bvF...0paris&f=false

20th February 2020, 01:53 PM	#6
cornelistromp Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,057	Hi Neil, extremely beautiful couple! Mardier could also be the name of the owner, see for example page 10 of the attached publication of honored soldiers.the publication is from 1790, this corresponds nicely with the age of the couple. the raised hand may indicate that the owner has taken some kind of a (military) oath. It doesn't have to be a coat of arms. best Jasper https://books.google.nl/books?id=bvF...0paris&f=false Last edited by cornelistromp; 20th February 2020 at 02:04 PM.