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
FLORKIN
Here is an interesting flintlock pistol mentioning on the lock the name of Florkin in Liege. There are also initials on the barrel, which could - at first - be attributed to Alonso Martinez, who was active in Barcelona and Madrid at the beginning of the 18th century.
Der Neue Stockel mentions three Florkins that may be of interest to us: Godefroid around 1734, probably associated with Jean David Florkin. And there is also Jean Florkin around 1724. All three supplied arms to the Austrian army in Holland (dixit Stockel).
As for
the barrel which thus carries a hallmark that, initially, one could attribute to
Alonso Martinez (active in Madrid between 1691 and 1730); Stockel points out
(page 766) that precisely the hallmark which appears on this barrel is
undoubtedly a contemporary forgery....
Claude Gaier (Cinq siècles d'armurerie liégeoise, which includes three photos of weapons from the Florkin dynasty) writes that at that time, it was not uncommon for cannons to be imported and mounted in Liege.
As they
say in these cases, an interesting topic of conversation....
GP
