David, Marc, and others. The lock 1641 is from my Christophe. I am looking at the lock as I type. I took the picture a couple of years ago. I might guess that the Christophe is made by Jules Bury with parts from Britte. The receiver is marked with a crown over JB.
My take is that the gun was made in Belgium for retail in Spain. Not an unusual way to have been done in Europe. We see Belgian made guns retailed in England [James Kirk for one], in Austria [Novotny by Britte for another]. The entanglement of trade between countries was much greater than we have imagined before. I have not checked my catalogs, but feel that Dumoulin could have made the Spanish gun , in part or total. Engraving is more Belgian than Spanish in my opinion, but the engraver could have been a Belgian, relocated to Spain, similar to the many Belgian engravers who relocated to Italy after the War.
Last edited by Daryl Hallquist; 05/22/11 11:57 AM.
