Looks like we both lucked out…hmmm…or did we(?)

Barrel flats
 

I asked Mark over there to either add some pictures of the barrel flats or send them to me. But, looking at that rib extention fit I can't imagine that the gun was rebarreled or a barrel added by Parker; or Remington for that matter. Nice engraving, but it's too bad that there are not some animals, IMHO.

Short barrels, short stock, no engraved animals! Ha! We all lucked out. :rotf:

If I am not mistaken, I owned and sold that gun around 30 years ago. It came out of a big collection in Bowling Green,Ky. I remember the floral engraving with no game scenes. I sold the gun to a customer in Oregon through a dealer in Pa. The collection had some wonderful guns that I wish I had been able to hold on to. A DE 20 gauge Fox 2 barrel set was one I never should have sold. I am sure we all have guns we wish we could buy again.

That is how Noel E. Money, elder brother of Harold B. Money (De Shootinest Gent'man), ordered his Pigeon Gun from Parker Bros. in February 1895, "flowers no birds".

Sousa's AAH was also engraved without birds or animals. My AAHE was engraved with nothing. Well, the engraver snuck in some bit of scroll on the sides of the safety, probably hoped it wouldn't be noticed.

That gun “is you” ! You roll in Maine with that one and eyebrows might be raised :whistle:

The one in TPS you have or had was serial number 178209 but this one Merz has for sale is serial number 191767 .

No animals (cartoon characters) isn't that uncommon. I recently sold an AAHE that IIRC was all floral engraved. Some time ago I sold a BHE live bird gun that was all floral engraved and I have a BHE 20 that's floral engraved.
My AHE 20/28 unfortunately has the deer/stag on the floorplate. I much prefer the floral engraving vs the cartoon characters.

The ding in the wood at the top of the skeleton butt plate would have made me cry if I owned it.