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Unread 03-20-2014, 07:55 AM   #11
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Wonderful gun. Who did the engraving?
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In 1904 when Bruce's wonderful D4 was made William H. Gough, (son of former chief engraver "Harry" Gough), was Parker Bros. chief engraver from from about 1899 to 1911 when he was replaced by Frederick Anschutz. There were, however, several others working in the engraving shop at Parker during these years.
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That is superb work- done by a real master. Maybe the stock book lists the name of the engraver?
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No. The dates are 1900 to 1905. Now if we are able to identify engravers who were there for those years only, I think we can make an informed supposition. It is also possible that the rondell style was not the product of an engraver's decision but rather a Parker style decision, which changed over time. We just don't know and will probably never know.
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Parker Bros. engravers during the 1900 - 1905 period are as follows.
Bearing in mind that several other engravers, both apprentice and journeymen, from the decade or so prior to 1900 also worked on engraving post 1900.

This is a clip from an article I'm working on for Parker Pages.
All information here was gleaned from The Parker Story so the credit goes to the authors, Price, Mullins, Gunther, et al.



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Yes, there were several engravers during that period, all listed in TPS. The question was do we know who did the rondelle engraving. I don't , and I don't know of anyone who does. The TPS list does not identify any engraver who was employed either in house or on contract, only from 1900 to 1905. I have never seen any engraver's initials on a rondelle gun, and I have looked.
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Bruce, will you please show us the setter engraved on the other side of the frame of that CH?
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