Hi Scott,
Welcome to the forum mate.
I'm a big fan of Francotte guns....can't ya guess?
Is it a sideplated boxlock ?
They did a nice job on those.
I had several from 1920 thru 1930 with the VL&D script
Please put up a few pics of engraving n proof marks.
The link to griffin/howe will get you to Bob Beach...he is doing great work on francotte guns, with old VL&D record books.
He would be the man...don't forget ...loads of pretty pic
cheers
franc