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Any infor on appx mfg date and maker will be deeply appreciated. Here are the pix of the markings: Note that the trigger guard is numbered to the action. Not visible on the bbl photo are the initials VB on the left tube. Stock markers init. are JV Left lock has init. J in addition to 12 & SS marks. Bridge Gun Co stamped on exterior left lock.No Crescent FA Co. ID anywhere.

Bridge Gun Co., Bridge Gun Works, and Bridge Black Prince were tradenames used by Shapleigh Hdw. Co. St. Louis, on both Crescent and Belgian guns.
Your gun was made after 1898 and does not carry smokeless proof. Unfortunately, the initials you've chalked do not help ID the maker. Is it 'PLH' on the action?
Louis Muller was the Liege rep for Crescent, and would be a good guess
http://www.littlegun.be/arme%20belge/artisans%20identifies%20m/a%20muller%20gb.htm

Are there no marks on the action flats?

Thanks for your reply and the info. The initials on the action are PLH, but I don't know if they are the maker or the proof inspector. There are markings on the action flats: G, M, the s/n and the proof mark. Photo attached. I read the info on Miller but was he both a manufacturer and export agent?