That has got to be one of the most complex PGCA research letters I’ve ever seen.
Congratulations on your diligence Chuck 
That gun appears to have been engraved by Jacob Glahn or William Avery, possibly having adopted the style of Gustave Young in the open Germanic scroll style with stippling in the 'negative' spaces.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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