Feuillet
On this weapon the name that is very erased is:
"Feuillet" on the right side and "à Grenoble" on the left side.
Grenoble is a city in the South-East of France, below Lyon.
FEUILLET is a craftsman who worked in Grenoble from 1790 - 1835. The Støckel
speaks of him on page 367.
He died in 1840.
The engraving of this weapon confirms the work of this craftsman.
The marking under the barrels:
On the left, probably "TIVET cadet", dynasty of gunsmiths from Saint-Etienne;
The word "cadet" is not the name of the craftsman, in French "cadet" also means
the "little brother", that is to say the second by comparison with the first who
is "the elder".
On the right, despite the surfacing of the breech once unscrewed: FER DE FAUX
(SCYTHE IRON), a material highly valued for the manufacture of barrels, and
TWISTED, which is common for good quality items.
TWISTED is the manufacturing process for Damascus steel barrels, there are
Damascus barrels of all kinds, Turkish Damascus, torched Damascus, etc...
A "curious" rifle at the Musée de la Chasse in Paris, is perhaps the same!
The bayonet is in fact intended for the completion of game.
