Jacob Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 I've got one in my workshop at present. The last part of the label reads "de S.A.R.M." - any idea what that means? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fiddlecollector Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 I think it should read Brevette de S.A.R Me on genuine Breton instruments, but these later Breton factory instruments seem to have changed it slightly. I think maybe Laberte (may be wrong) later owned the Breton patent. I think de .S.A.R has something to do with a French Government department /Patent office or something . I see brevette stamped on case locks ,chinrests , tools ,etc... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jacob Posted September 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomroth Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 S.A.R = Son Altesse Royale (Me = Madame) La Duchesse d'Angoulême Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gordon Shumway Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 (edited) Hi, I'm joining this discussion because I'm about to buy a "Breton breveté". Brevette doesn't exist (except in "je brevette", part of the verb conjugation). Brevet is a patent, breveté means patented. As for Son Altesse Royale Madame (La Duchesse d'Angoulême), err, I'd like some elucidation, lol! I guess "breveté de SARMe" ("patended by her highness") means the Duchess was the nominal (titular?) owner of her regional patenting authority? (I didn't check the date of the discussion, sorry) Edited September 25, 2020 by Gordon Shumway Apologising for joining a very old discussion Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martin swan Posted September 26, 2020 Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 This particular label and the corresponding brand on the back of the button are to be found on violins made by all of the Mirecourt mega-workshops from around 1880 onwards. Once you've seen a hundred or two you realise that the only common factor (apart from the label and the brand) is that they are generally yellow, though sometimes orange .... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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