Nicolas-Noël Boutet

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File:Cased box lock flintlock pocket pistols, Nicolas Noel Boutet, Versailles, c. 1805, ebony grips, engraved steel barrels - Royal Ontario Museum - DSC09482.JPG
A case with a pair of flintlock pocket pistols with ebony grips and engraved steel barrels, c. 1805
File:Napoleon's sabre by Nicolas Noel Boutet, 1799 (Museum of Patriotic War 1812).jpg
Napoléon Bonaparte's sabre by Nicolas-Noël Boutet, presented in 1799

Nicolas-Noël Boutet (31 August 1761 – 1833) was a French gunsmith and bladesmith who was director of the Versailles state arms factory. More than 600,000 weapons were produced under his directorship.[1][2]

Biography

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Boutet was born in Paris, the son of the royal gunsmith Noël Boutet, and became his father's assistant. In 1788, he married Leonie-Emilie Desainte, the daughter of his father's colleague, which gave him an even better position at court and the title of "gunmaker-in-ordinary" to King Louis XVI.[3]

During the revolution he worked for Napoleon as director of the state arms manufactory.[4]

He died in Paris.[4]

See also

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References

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  4. ^ a b Nicolas-Noël Boutet in The Grove Dictionary of Art

Bibliography

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