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Jannsen Freres Live pigeon SLE. 3", 32", 7 1/2 Lbs. JABC?




William Ford best BLE. 2 3/4", 28", 6 1/2 lbs. The internals are gold plated for whatever reason.




Just a plain Jane J V Needham BLE. 2 3/4, 28", 7 1/4 lbs. Has the simple lines I like!




W W Greener Model F4 non ejector, 2 3/4", 29 1/2", 7 Lbs. (built 1900)




My apologies for the quality of the photos. A photographer I am not.

All the best

Skeeterbd

Fox XE, ejectors, Kautzky single trigger, 12 gauge with English stock.

Nice dogs & guns. That Jansen is a beaut. Is the rest of it just as nice?

OWD

16 ga Husky model 310 Lyx

I had no idea that a Husky could be so nice. The engraving is of the highest quality. I would love to have a set of good quality pictures of that gun's engraving for my files.

OWD

Yes the rest of the Jannsen matches up!





Must start a thread to use the boards expertise to see who actually made this thing. Jannsen Freres was just a retailer.

All the best

Skeeterbd

That Janssen is a very nice gun. Is the engraver marked anywhere on it ?

Daryl Halquist

I went through the Jannsen with a fine tooth comb today, as did my gunsmith, but we could not find any engraver's signature or initials anywhere.

However I took some photos of a gun left for many years in storage at my 'smith's! (The Jannsen is mine but not the following gun)

Black powder proofs only.





All the best

Skeeterbd

Skeeterbd,

The style of engraving on your Jannsen is known as Corombelle. This from my engraving glossary: A style of decorative engraving usually found on high quality Belgian shotguns that is attributed to Belgian born engraver Hyppolite Corombelle (1871-1943). The Corombelle style of engraving incorporates a background fine English scroll over which is superimposed bouquets of flowers, ribbons and festoons. Hyppolite Corombelle was the father of the late Lyson Corombelle (1894-1971) who was a highly respected gun engraver in her own right. He was also the founder of an engraving school in Bologna, Italy where he lived until his death.

Depending on the vintage of your gun, It may have actually been engraved by one of the Corombelles. I have seen that style engraved on quite a few guns including my Garbi 200 and yours is exceptionally well executed.

C. Roger Bleile

Thanks for solving that mystery. The date I have for the proof of that gun varies from 1932 to 1949. Either way the Corombelles might well have had a hand in it.

All the best

Skeeterbd