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
Pistol of shooting
Pistol of living room of the type FLOBERT to annular percussion of calibre 6mm.
The breech is of type “boxlock”.
The frame is engraved “vine branches”.
The barrel with eight sides ends by a front sight in barley grain.
The squared hammer is equipped with a double claw of extraction of the casings. System not very usual but sometimes met on this type of weapon of small caliber.
The stick with palmettos is of type “rebirth” and is decorated with silver wire inclusions.
The purpose of the elevated position of the barrel compared to the stick was to lengthen the line of sight to increase the precision
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