Pierre V Hanappier born in 1707, entered his mark in 1730 and was elected warden of the Orléans silversmiths community in the periods 1754-1756, 1764-1766 and 1774-1776. Representing the fourth generation of silversmiths in the Hanappier family, he was the son of Antoine and the brother of Jacques and Antoine-François, all silversmiths in Orléans.