[Jeff Higgins]

Dang it, where's Tabby when we need him? RIP old friend...

Definitely Belgian. It gets really murky beyond that. Really poor records, almost no markings, commonly shared features, all contribute to a great deal of confusion and speculation.

Lots of the old British and continental gun trade relied upon fairly anonymous makers supplying somewhat more renown distributors. Often the same gun was made by a number of small gun makers and sold by the same distributor, who did not distinguish between who made their guns. Then there were larger gun makers who sold through a number of distributors who added their names to these guns they did not make. It gets really confusing, and often untraceable. Guns are identified by very small nuances as to who actually made them, or who actually distributed them.

Terry Wieland is a fantastic resource on this kind of thing. He writes for Rifle, Handloader, The Single Shot Exchange, and probably other magazines. If you are truly interested in finding out about guns like these, it's worth looking him up.