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Unread 12-20-2019, 11:18 AM   #1
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Default Unusual B grade engraving

This BHE has some unusual engraving for a B.
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Unread 12-20-2019, 11:26 AM   #2
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Good looking gun. Looks more like an A
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It looks like "B" SBT engraving.

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I have two BHE guns a 12 and a 20 both have floral engraving
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There is a two-gauge AAHE 20/28 gauge two-barrel gun on record with similar floral engraving. The order for this specific gun is recorded as "engrave same as the BH".

Obviously the gentleman who ordered this little AAHE had seen a BH on display either at Parker Bros. in Meriden or at their New York salesroom with the same full scroll and floral engraving and was quite taken with it.





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Looks like I need to get out more! I just hadn't seen a similar one.
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Looks like I need to get out more! I just hadn't seen a similar one.
Jeff, do you mind telling us what year your gun was made? I have seen some similar features in engraving in another gun and wondered if it was the same engraving period.
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Here is another floral bhe . A 1905 order 1906 delivery gun.
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It is 170851. A 1915 gun.
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Was the original buyer a known pigeon shooter?
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