Wayne ,that's beautiful ,I really like the Dog in the opening lever !!! What Grade of Ithaca is that ? Russ

Lefever Pups
 

Here are a couple of dogs from a Lefever D Grade.

Thanks Russ. The Ithaca is a Grade 6.

Back to Parkers
 

Here's an AHE. The trigger guard on this gun is very very deep cut.

Very impressive gun Wayne.

Wayne and Josh, can those LeFever dogs be attributed to Joseph Loy?

I am not sure where Joseph Loy was employed in 1893, but that is the year the D grade Lefever was produced.

FWIW, I believe my 1894 Remington CEO was engraved by Joseph Loy. I showed it to Charlie Semmer and he thought the same. It does not have dogs, being a C, but does have the Celtic style corners that could be perceived as containing the initials J on one side L on the other. Some feel Mr. Loy did this to "sign" his work.
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There may have been a period, or periods, when Loy was an independant contractor as his work is seen on a few different manufactures of guns.

LC Smith dog
 

Here is a dog very similiar to the Lefever dog shown in a previous post. Same engraver? This gun was made in 1890.