NO CLAIM IS MADE TO THE WORDING "GRANDE RESERVE D'ARTAGNAN" APART FROM THE MARK AS SHOWN.
THE PORTRAIT SHOWN IN THE DRAWING IS SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT CHARLES DE BAATZ, THESQUIRE OF ARTAGNAN, A GLASCON NOBLEMAN, BORN AT LUPIC (GERS)BETWEEN 1610 AND 1620, CAPTAIN OF THE KINGS'S(LOUIS XIV) MUSKETEERS, WHO WAS KILLED AT THE SEIGE OF MAESTRICHT IN 1673 AND BECAME FAMOUS BY THE NOVELS OF A. DUMAS, PARTICULARLY "LES TROIS MOUSQUETAIRES."