Some of the most beautiful work of this craftsman, and many others, are in this book “Liège Gunmakers through their Work. 1800 - 1950”.
For more detail see: LIEGE GUNMAKERS
Warnant Emile & Jamar Michel
Here is a
nice hammerless velodog revolver, safely (I don't see its usefulness given the
"force" needed to trigger the trigger... but that's it...), in a very good
condition. Collapsible release, ejecting rod of the sockets.
We see the initials
EW
under asterisks and smaller
MJ, and the
number 11.
Members of the team agree to attribute
EW
to Emile
WARNANT, already mentioned on the site.
MJ is assigned – with reservations – to
Michel JAMAR.
But who
would have done what? Let's go to Emile duly identified.
Markings
ELG on
star in crowned oval: accepted by the Liège Test Board between 11 July 1893 and
26 February 1968;
Lion on
PV: powder test between 4 October 1898 and 26 February 1968;
L under
crown: already often encountered but not identified
R
crowned: striped cannon, between 1894 and 1968;
AE under
a star: countermark of a controller, between 1877 and 1968.
GP with Chris and HPH.
