Close at hand I only have what info I posted and don't have when he was born or died. Over the years I have seen the work of two Nowotnys. Johann of Prag Bohemia (Praha-Prague)who did very nice work and Mattthias Nowotny of Wien (Veinne) Austria who was brilliant.

There were at least a half-dozen gunmakers listed in the USA with the spelling of Novotny.

J. Saml(Sami?) in Budweis does not show up in the Stockels so a good chance he was a retailer.

MP Sadly Deceased as of 2/17/2014