Yeah, I must have missed that chapter. How do we do that. Wonderful gun. Thanks for all the great pictures.

Brad....you really have the case color work perfected! Everyone knows that is no easy feat. You have a gun to be proud of....SXS ohio

Kevin,

Frederick Anschutz was chief engraver for Parker Bros from 1911 to when he died at the Parker Bros. Gun Works in 1930. After he died the dogs engraved in the style shown in Brad's pictures disappeared. Further, Anschutz' dogs were nearly always depicted as decidedly 'male' and the reason I made note of the dog's on the gun Brad shows as being the first I've seen like that is because those dogs are decidedly 'female'.

Frederick Anschutz was an exceptional engraver and did much nicer work on grades higher than the DHE and CHE shown here.

This is what we usually see in the way of 'male' dogs on D and C grade Parkers engraved by whom I believe was Frederick Anschutz.





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I (we) could probably understand this a lot better if we knew the SN of the gun Brad is showing. If the "male style" dog disappeared after Anschutz died, who did the "female style" dog on Brad's restored gun that you are attributing to Anschutz?? Or are you simply assuming that both styles are indeed his work absent direct reference via Stock or Order Book notation(s), e.g., "see Anschutz" under 'engraving'? I'm confused here.

Compare the style of the engraved dogs - obviously done by the same hand.

There is no documented evidence of what I'm stating about the engraver and of these particular dogs but I've studied this particular engraver's style for a number of years and what I've stated is my conviction alone. I'm not afraid to be wrong, but I'll need to be convinced of it.





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serial number 199078, 1922

Brad

I would like to say thank you to our members for the nice comments and shared enthusiasm.

Brad

Brad - a big Thank You to both yourself and the owner of such a fine Parker, for allowing all of us to enjoy it.





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