{"id":10547,"date":"2022-10-30T16:33:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-30T21:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aaronnewcomer.com\/?p=10547"},"modified":"2024-07-06T16:28:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T21:28:46","slug":"henri-barthe-lark-mirror-ortolan-bunting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aaronnewcomer.com\/fr\/henri-barthe-lark-mirror-ortolan-bunting\/","title":{"rendered":"Henri Barthe &amp; Le Miroir aux Alouettes; avec un go\u00fbt d'Ortolan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_mirror.png?quality=80&#038;ssl=1\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_mirror.png?resize=800%2C325&#038;quality=80&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_mirror.png?resize=1024%2C416&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_mirror.png?resize=300%2C122&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_mirror.png?resize=768%2C312&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_mirror.png?resize=1536%2C624&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_mirror.png?resize=2048%2C831&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_mirror.png?resize=400%2C162&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_mirror.png?resize=600%2C244&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_mirror.png?w=1600&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_mirror.png?w=2400&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>L&#8217;ALOUETTE CHASS\u00c9E AU MIROIR<br>Manufacture fran\u00e7aise d&#8217;armes et cycles de Saint-Etienne 1905 Catalog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A lark mirror, known in French as <em>le miroir \u00e0 alouettes<\/em>, was a tool to help hunters entice small songbirds to their location so they could be harvested. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/p1.jpeg?quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"714\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/p1.jpeg?resize=714%2C1024&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Dictionnaire Fran\u00e7ois by Pierre Richelet\" class=\"wp-image-10552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/p1.jpeg?resize=714%2C1024&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 714w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/p1.jpeg?resize=209%2C300&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 209w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/p1.jpeg?resize=768%2C1102&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/p1.jpeg?resize=400%2C574&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/p1.jpeg?resize=600%2C861&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/p1.jpeg?w=1025&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1025w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/p40-m.jpeg?quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/p40-m.jpeg?resize=736%2C1024&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Dictionnaire Fran\u00e7ois by Pierre Richelet\" class=\"wp-image-10554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/p40-m.jpeg?resize=736%2C1024&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 736w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/p40-m.jpeg?resize=215%2C300&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 215w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/p40-m.jpeg?resize=768%2C1069&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/p40-m.jpeg?resize=400%2C557&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/p40-m.jpeg?resize=600%2C835&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/p40-m.jpeg?w=1025&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1025w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Dictionnaire Fran\u00e7ois by Pierre Richelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1680, an early French dictionary referred to these mirrors for catching larks and ortolans. It defined them as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>A piece of wood carved into an arch where there are several notches which small mirrors are glued &amp; which is supported by a peg in the middle of which there is a hole to put a string in order to make this mirror turn, that is driven into the ground between two sheets to catch ortolans &amp; mainly larks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_ortalan.jpg?resize=800%2C266&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Lark and Ortolan\" class=\"wp-image-10555\" width=\"800\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_ortalan-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C341&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_ortalan-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C100&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_ortalan-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C256&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_ortalan-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C512&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_ortalan-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C683&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_ortalan-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C133&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_ortalan-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C200&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_ortalan-scaled.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_ortalan-scaled.jpg?w=2400&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Lark and Ortolan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ortolan Bunting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>These small songbirds were considered to be a delicacy and were cooked and eaten whole, in one large bite; head, bones and all. Ortolans were the most coveted and eating them has been represented in paintings and media over the centuries as a gluttonous, almost shameful act. Modern, French preparation of this delicacy would make the use of ortolans that were captured alive and blinded or kept in dark cages where they were force fed until they were twice their normal size. They were then drowned and roasted in Armagnac, a type of Brandy from the Armagnac region in southwest France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"539\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/To-hide-ones-face-from-God-Image-3.png?resize=800%2C539&#038;quality=80&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/To-hide-ones-face-from-God-Image-3.png?w=874&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 874w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/To-hide-ones-face-from-God-Image-3.png?resize=300%2C202&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/To-hide-ones-face-from-God-Image-3.png?resize=768%2C518&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/To-hide-ones-face-from-God-Image-3.png?resize=120%2C80&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/To-hide-ones-face-from-God-Image-3.png?resize=400%2C270&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/To-hide-ones-face-from-God-Image-3.png?resize=600%2C404&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption><em>Allen, Maria&nbsp;(2019)&nbsp;<em>To Hide Ones Face from God.<\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The ritualistic service of the ortolan bunting involved the diner placing a napkin over their head; in part to contain the aromas for a full sensory experience as well as, traditionally, to hide their sin from God. Hunting, capturing and dining on ortolans has been banned in France since 1999 but there are still many consumed in private. This act has even recently been featured in modern TV shows such as Billions, Succession and Hannibal. The BBC has a short clip of a reconstruction of the French president, Fran\u00e7ois Mitterrand&#8217;s lavish supper days before his death where he and his guests dined on these in 1995. It can be viewed here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p00khmkk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p00khmkk<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is also a French TV segment archived by the Institut National de l&#8217;Audiovisuel which shows and talks about the preparation and consumption of this meal which can be viewed here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SEPMuyGe7dg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SEPMuyGe7dg<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The consumption of larks and other songbirds is not quite as bizarre as the ortolan feast though it is still much more uncommon than eating larger birds. They are still often cooked whole and commonly placed in a pie or jellied. A common representation of this is in the famous nursery rhyme where 24 blackbirds (another similar songbird) were baked in a pie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Lark Mirror<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_mirror.jpeg?resize=800%2C600&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_mirror.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_mirror.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_mirror.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_mirror.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_mirror.jpeg?resize=400%2C300&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_mirror.jpeg?resize=600%2C450&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_mirror.jpeg?w=2048&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_mirror.jpeg?w=1600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"http:\/\/le-miroir-a-alouettes.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lark Mirrors from the collection of Jean-Yves Birabent<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The small songbirds were attracted to the reflection of the sun from the mirrors and shiny glass on these objects which would be rotated back and forth by a string as the hunter waited for the birds to arrive. The Manufrance catalog, from which the image below was printed, gave a little overview on how to hunt these larks. They stated:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Take care to choose clear weather, without wind, and \u2014 important point \u2014 that the ground is covered with a good frost; in a word, to take advantage of the beautiful mornings of November and December.<br>You should take care to hide roughly behind a clump of wicker, a hedge or in a ditch, the helper will turn the mirror and call the larks with a decoy.<br>The lark is first seen as large curves in the distance, then quickly and suddenly comes to a stop at fixed point above the mirror to then moves away with a very sharp hook: it is this moment of stopping you must quickly think and take the shot.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_mirror.png?quality=80&#038;ssl=1\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_mirror.png?resize=800%2C325&#038;quality=80&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_mirror.png?resize=1024%2C416&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_mirror.png?resize=300%2C122&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_mirror.png?resize=768%2C312&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_mirror.png?resize=1536%2C624&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_mirror.png?resize=2048%2C831&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_mirror.png?resize=400%2C162&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_mirror.png?resize=600%2C244&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_mirror.png?w=1600&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark_mirror.png?w=2400&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>L&#8217;ALOUETTE CHASS\u00c9E AU MIROIR<br>Manufacture fran\u00e7aise d&#8217;armes et cycles de Saint-Etienne 1905 Catalog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There were many patented variations of these lark mirrors and even accessories such as a foot pedal which would allow it to be operated by the hunter himself. Toward the end of the 19th century mechanical versions were designed which made this even easier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I picked up the following example of one of these mechanical variations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark-2-scaled.jpg?quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark-2.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mechanical Lark Mirror\" class=\"wp-image-10560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark-2-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark-2-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark-2-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark-2-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark-2-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark-2-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark-2-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark-2-scaled.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark-2-scaled.jpg?w=2400&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It contains a clockwork-like mechanism inside that rotates the wooden mirror part back and forth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark6-scaled.jpg?quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark6.jpg?resize=800%2C534&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Inside Mechanical Lark Mirror\" class=\"wp-image-10561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark6-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark6-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark6-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark6-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark6-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark6-scaled.jpg?resize=120%2C80&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark6-scaled.jpg?resize=255%2C170&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 255w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark6-scaled.jpg?resize=345%2C230&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 345w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark6-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark6-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark6-scaled.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lark6-scaled.jpg?w=2400&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barth2-scaled.jpg?quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barth2.jpg?resize=800%2C534&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mechanical Lark Mirror\" class=\"wp-image-10562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barth2-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barth2-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barth2-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barth2-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barth2-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barth2-scaled.jpg?resize=120%2C80&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barth2-scaled.jpg?resize=255%2C170&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 255w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barth2-scaled.jpg?resize=345%2C230&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 345w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barth2-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barth2-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barth2-scaled.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barth2-scaled.jpg?w=2400&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>You can see a video of this in action here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-10547-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/photos\/i-6PKLf4p\/0\/ebc79771\/1920\/i-6PKLf4p-1920.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/photos\/i-6PKLf4p\/0\/ebc79771\/1920\/i-6PKLf4p-1920.mp4\">https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/photos\/i-6PKLf4p\/0\/ebc79771\/1920\/i-6PKLf4p-1920.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Henri Barthe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barthe_shells-scaled.jpg?quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barthe_shells.jpg?resize=800%2C534&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Henri Barth Pinfire Shotshells showing a Lark Mirror\" class=\"wp-image-10551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barthe_shells-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barthe_shells-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barthe_shells-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barthe_shells-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barthe_shells-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barthe_shells-scaled.jpg?resize=120%2C80&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barthe_shells-scaled.jpg?resize=255%2C170&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 255w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barthe_shells-scaled.jpg?resize=345%2C230&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 345w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barthe_shells-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barthe_shells-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barthe_shells-scaled.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barthe_shells-scaled.jpg?w=2400&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Henri Barthe was a manufacturer of primers, wads and cartridges. His heritage traces back to the earliest manufacturers of primers and percussion caps. There is not a lot of info on the company but there is enough to piece together a general timeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1819, <em>Bellot &amp; Daguin<\/em>, one of the earliest manufacturers of primers was founded.<br>By 1825 Jean Maria Nicolaus Bellot and Fran\u00e7ois Victor Tardy formed <em>Bellot &amp; Tardy<\/em> as their successor and registered a trademark on the mark &#8220;T B&#8221;.<br>In 1825 Louis Sellier started a percussion cap factory in Prague and would shortly incorporate with Bellot to create Sellier &amp; Bellot.<br>By 1827, Tardy &amp; Blanchet was formed as the successor to Bellot &amp; Tardy and continued to use the trademark, &#8220;T B&#8221;. They remained one of the larger makers of percussion caps and primers for many decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image.png?quality=80&#038;ssl=1\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image.png?resize=800%2C78&#038;quality=80&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image.png?resize=1024%2C100&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image.png?resize=300%2C29&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image.png?resize=768%2C75&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image.png?resize=1536%2C150&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image.png?resize=2048%2C199&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image.png?resize=400%2C39&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image.png?resize=600%2C58&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image.png?w=1600&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-1.png?quality=80&#038;ssl=1\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-1.png?resize=800%2C681&#038;quality=80&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-1.png?resize=1024%2C872&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-1.png?resize=300%2C256&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-1.png?resize=768%2C654&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-1.png?resize=400%2C341&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-1.png?resize=600%2C511&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-1.png?w=1214&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 1214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On 15 March 1873, Fran\u00e7ois Victor Tardy&#8217;s sons, Fran\u00e7ois-Joseph-Ferdinand and Alphonse-Fran\u00e7ois-Jean would start <em>Tardy Fr\u00e8res<\/em> as the successor to Tardy &amp; Blanchet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-2.png?quality=80&#038;ssl=1\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-2.png?resize=470%2C1024&#038;quality=80&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-2.png?resize=470%2C1024&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 470w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-2.png?resize=138%2C300&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 138w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-2.png?resize=768%2C1673&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-2.png?resize=705%2C1536&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 705w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-2.png?resize=400%2C871&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-2.png?resize=600%2C1307&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-2.png?w=808&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 808w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>On 24 September 1873, Fran\u00e7ois-Joseph-Ferdinand would take over sole ownership of the company and list himself as the successor to Tardy Fr\u00e8res where he still owns the TB, TF, and JC trademarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-3.png?quality=80&#038;ssl=1\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"205\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-3.png?resize=800%2C205&#038;quality=80&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Annuaire-almanach du commerce 1874\" class=\"wp-image-10569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-3.png?resize=1024%2C263&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-3.png?resize=300%2C77&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-3.png?resize=768%2C197&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-3.png?resize=400%2C103&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-3.png?resize=600%2C154&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-3.png?w=1340&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 1340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-4.png?quality=80&#038;ssl=1\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-4.png?resize=800%2C288&#038;quality=80&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Archives commerciales de la France 1876\" class=\"wp-image-10570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-4.png?resize=1024%2C369&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-4.png?resize=300%2C108&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-4.png?resize=768%2C276&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-4.png?resize=1536%2C553&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-4.png?resize=400%2C144&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-4.png?resize=600%2C216&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-4.png?w=1728&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 1728w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-4.png?w=1600&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>On 10 September 1876 Henri Barthe would purchase Ferdinand Tardy&#8217;s company and call himself the successor to Ferdinand Tardy and Tardy Fr\u00e8res along with their trademarks. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-5.png?quality=80&#038;ssl=1\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-5.png?resize=800%2C244&#038;quality=80&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Annuaire-almanach du commerce 1878\" class=\"wp-image-10571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-5.png?resize=1024%2C312&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 1024w, 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wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>I am working to get copies of the actual trademark registrations, but sometime between the founding of Henri Barthe&#8217;s company in 1876 and 1881 he registers at least two trademarks. The first is <em>Au Miroir<\/em> which is used on centerfire and pinfire shotshells. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barthe_shells-scaled.jpg?quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barthe_shells.jpg?resize=800%2C534&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Henri Barth Pinfire Shotshells showing a Lark Mirror\" class=\"wp-image-10551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barthe_shells-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barthe_shells-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barthe_shells-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barthe_shells-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barthe_shells-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barthe_shells-scaled.jpg?resize=120%2C80&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barthe_shells-scaled.jpg?resize=255%2C170&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 255w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barthe_shells-scaled.jpg?resize=345%2C230&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 345w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barthe_shells-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barthe_shells-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barthe_shells-scaled.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/barthe_shells-scaled.jpg?w=2400&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/69198A3E-A41F-483F-8714-88402DAB3424.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/69198A3E-A41F-483F-8714-88402DAB3424-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/69198A3E-A41F-483F-8714-88402DAB3424-scaled.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/69198A3E-A41F-483F-8714-88402DAB3424-scaled.jpeg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/69198A3E-A41F-483F-8714-88402DAB3424-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/69198A3E-A41F-483F-8714-88402DAB3424-scaled.jpeg?resize=400%2C533&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/69198A3E-A41F-483F-8714-88402DAB3424-scaled.jpeg?resize=600%2C800&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/69198A3E-A41F-483F-8714-88402DAB3424-scaled.jpeg?w=1920&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/69198A3E-A41F-483F-8714-88402DAB3424-scaled.jpeg?w=1600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Photo by jeffcy67 on the IAA Forum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>You will notice that the headstamp on the pinfire version has a depiction of the same mechanical <em>miroir aux alouettes<\/em> from my collection. They exist in a few sizes and all that I have seen have a dark brown case. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>He would also register a trademark of the symbol of a grenade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-7.png?resize=800%2C490&#038;quality=80&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-7.png?resize=1024%2C627&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-7.png?resize=300%2C184&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-7.png?resize=768%2C470&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-7.png?resize=400%2C245&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-7.png?resize=600%2C367&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-7.png?w=1340&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 1340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-6.png?resize=800%2C483&#038;quality=80&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-6.png?resize=1024%2C618&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-6.png?resize=300%2C181&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-6.png?resize=768%2C463&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-6.png?resize=400%2C241&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-6.png?resize=600%2C362&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-6.png?w=1134&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 1134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/hb-scaled.jpg?quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/hb.jpg?resize=800%2C534&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Henri Barthe grenade mark\" class=\"wp-image-10575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/hb-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/hb-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/hb-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/hb-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/hb-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/hb-scaled.jpg?resize=120%2C80&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/hb-scaled.jpg?resize=255%2C170&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 255w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/hb-scaled.jpg?resize=345%2C230&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 345w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/hb-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/hb-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/hb-scaled.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aaronnewcomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/hb-scaled.jpg?w=2400&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On 31 October 1881 Barthe would join forces with Dupont to form a new company called <em>Barthe et Dupont, munitions de chasse et de guerre<\/em>. This partnership would last until 11 April 1883 when the company would be purchased by G\u00e9velot and become part of the new <em>Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Fran\u00e7aise des Munitions de chasse, de Tir et de Guerre<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Henri Barthe would then move to Milan, Italy where he would found <em>Enrico Barthe e C.<\/em> and be the dealer for the Italian subsidiary of SFM known as <em>Sociata franco italiana per le munizioni da caccia<\/em>. This company would eventually become the well-known Leon Beaux.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L&#8217;ALOUETTE CHASS\u00c9E AU MIROIRManufacture fran\u00e7aise d&#8217;armes et cycles de Saint-Etienne 1905 Catalog A lark mirror, known in French as le&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ammunition"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Henri Barthe &amp; The Lark Mirror; with a Taste of Ortolan Bunting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Henri Barthe was a manufacturer of primers, wads and cartridges. 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