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Bovy Servais Joseph
Here is a beautiful percussion pistol of Liège
manufacture, signed SJ Bovy.
The damascus barrel is octagonal.
We don't
know if it's rifled or not. "Empire" butt. It
bears a resemblance to the French officer's pistol model 1833.
Trgger
guard with finger rest.
There is
only one ELG stamp, the acceptance between 1818 (?) and 1893.
It is almost certain that it is about the arms manufacturer Servais Joseph Bovy, born on December 6, 1779 in Herstal, son of Jean Joseph Bovy (Arms manufacturer) and Anne Marie Delwaide. He married Elisabeth Peklers (1778-1838) on 2 January 1822 in Liège. We don't have his date of death.
It must have had a rather abundant production of
quality, judging by the arms signed
SJ Bovy
which were found on Internet.
GP with the help of PHL.
