Some of the most beautiful work of this craftsman, and many others, are in this book “Liège Gunmakers through their Work. 1800 - 1950”.
For more detail see: LIEGE GUNMAKERS
Bury Jules
Here a boxlock flint pistol, pistol of bronze
tromblon, safety of hammer, marked (rather awkwardly)
HJ Bury
on the two sides of the box.
There is
no identifiable punch on the transmitted photographs.
There was many
Bury
in Liege with 18th and 19th century, of which a
Henry-Joseph
between 1791 and 1813 according to Neue Stockel.
According to Jarlier/Buigné, the aforementioned
Henry-Joseph
is located between 1780 and 1810 (he is written 1880-1810 but it is quasi
certainly about a typing error).
At all events, the weapon dates well from the period
1790-1810 and can thus be allotted to
Henry-Joseph
Bury.
The
Museum of Weapons of Liege has a blunderbuss or a espingole carrying the same
signature: this weapon was manufactured between 1780 and 1810.
GP and HPH
