Roundel Variation

[Randy G Roberts]

An interesting twist on a CHE Roundel was recently listed on GI. I do not recall seeing a Roundel with that type of border previously. Nice looking IMO.

No need to sprint to your computers fellas, it's a 12 ga with 30" barrels with some issues :rotf:

[Brian Dudley]

That one is a little different for sure. The trigger plate is just as interesting.

The V grade forend wood on it is a curiosity. From the poor fitment it looks like it is just a replacement from another gun. The barrels are Titanic though.

[CraigThompson]

If it were 32” I’d most likely bite !

[CraigThompson]

What’s a Roundel ?

[Russell E. Cleary]

Craig:

The dog in the side panel engraving is circumscribed in a round "frame", not an oval. (as per initial post.)


Bruce Day post excerpt from a previous thread on this Forum :

''...Then only a small percent of C's made between 1900 and 1905 have rondelle side panels. I believe these were engraved by a single, unknown individual.

Some C's have rather standardized engraving, but from what I seen, when there are rondelle side panels the floor plate engraving will be unique to that gun...."


Here, thanks to Dean's recent post, is a photo of the oval "framing" of the dog engraving.

[Brian Dudley]

Note that the gun pictured above is a D grade, not a C. Most “Roundel” engraved guns were C grades. But there are examples of B grades done in that style. As well as Double Roundel motifs. I recall even seeing a G grade Roundel once.

I personally attribute the influence for the design to be Loy.

[Dean Romig]

And we have a member who beat me out on a Damascus 16 GH on Gunbroker 14 years ago that has factory roundel panels.


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[Brian Dudley]

That was the GH that I was thinking of Dean. It is an oddity for sure.

[Dean Romig]

Right abd it’s very likely to be one of a kind for a G.





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[Stan Hillis]

Interesting. So, is the proper spelling of the term, describing this engraving feature, rondelle or Roundel?

[Dean Romig]

Stan, I have always preferred rondelle and have often previously spelled it that way but others, as well as Dr. Drew Hause, seem to prefer roundel.

But on further investigation, rondelle is used in terms of a of a piece of cut jewelry whereas roundel is defined as "1. a small disk, especially a decorative medallion." from Google definitions.





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[Randy G Roberts]

I believe that Bruce Day has been credited with coining the term Roundel to describe this variation of engraving. Bruce has always spelled it Roundel to my knowledge.

[Stan Hillis]

Thanks, guys. I continue to learn about Parkers.

[Dean Romig]

Thanks, guys. I continue to learn about Parkers.


As do we all. :)





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