57.00 EUR
Lovely French Vintage Storage box - Wooden box with sliding cover. 1910.
Stamped "Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne"
The Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne (MAS) was a French state-owned manufacturing company located in the town of Saint-Étienne. It has since been merged into the state-owned Nexter defence conglomerate.
Saint-Étienne was already a well-known place for production of swords and knives since the Middle Ages. In 1665, a Royal Arms Depot was created in Paris to store military weapons made in Saint-Étienne.
The Royal Arms Manufacture was created in 1764 under the supervision of the General Inspector of the Royal Arms Manufacture of Charleville.
12,000 weapons were being produced each year when French Revolution happened. The city was renamed Armsville during the revolutionary period and production increased to meet demand of the revolutionary army fighting at the borders against the Royalists supported by European royal families.
The French Empire saw the production increase threefold to meet the needs of the Napoleonic Army in its conquest of Europe.
Length : 32cm = 12.59"
Depth : 14cm = 5.51"
Height : 16cm = 6.29"
2kg = 4.40 lbs
In good vintage condition
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