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
RENKIN J. veuve
It is
about a shotgun to percussion and loading by the mouth. The barrels are
juxtaposed and smooth. The calibre was not communicated to me. The barrels are
fixed at the wood using keys or drawers. Locks are known as “behind”. The stick
is worked “with English” and the catch of hand is squared. The buttplate is “on
return”. I did not receive any pictures of the rod of loading. The weapon is
damascened in certain places with inserts in particular of one bird to the fine
gold and a head of dog in new silver.
The
weapon carries mark
Vve
J. Renkin à Liège.
This family of manufacturers of weapons was extremely known in Liège.
The weapon also carries a punch
ELG* in a vertical oval
which it proof of final acceptance by the proofhouse of Liège of 1846 to 1893.
Figure 28
is in my opinion a serial number.
The mark representing an
oval containing letters L.G (so well read) and
two sheets of palm trees (?) crossed is
unknown for me.
Marks
Renkin often used
are reproduced in appendix and doesn’t anything correspond with the present
mark.
GG
