Three 10 Gauge A Grades
 

Three magnificent A's.

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Well let me be the first to say, Tell us more!

They are all in original unrestored condition.
The engraving amazes me on these Grade 6 hammer guns. It must have taken literally weeks, many weeks just to engrave them.





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The high point of Parker gun art in my opinion! Thanks for posting

The one in the middle for me please.

These are 3 of 8 consecutively ordered A grade 10g. 32" guns. All 4 frame guns. 1883 Manufacture.

6 of the 8 are known of.

Here is another of them. This one falls right in-between the 3 pictured here.

http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=28151

I think we need more pictures.

Okay...

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The apotheosis of the Victorian aesthetic, coinciding with the machine age, gave us products like the A-grade 10.

It was a time when our genius-class was concentrating on doing advanced things with metal.

The electronic age has been a great step forward for humanity; and that field may have its own esteemed “Researchers” of vintage devices.

It's all good, but vacuum tubes just don't exude the soul and collector-cachet that is enjoyed by our cohort of outdoorsman.

Another little teaser. Both D6 (six iron crolle)

double or triple click on the images for max enlargement.

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So, what is all the teasing about on these guns?

No teasing really Brian, just time release.





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A few more.

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Dean, thanks for sharing photos of these wonderful guns with us. By any chance do any of the three have indications they were done by H. Gough? Initials or engraved signature(s)?

John, the three that Dean posted photos of are not signed.

The one that I posted a link to IS signed by Gough (initials HG on the lock plate).

It is interesting that the 8 guns were all made together and I am sure all engraved by the same hands, but not all are signed. I can only speak to my knowledge of the engraving on the first 4 of the 8 guns.

John, in my opinion all three are definitely engraved in Harry Gough's style which is especially evident in the way the dogs and stags are depicted. And, though some are not signed by Gough I don't believe there was anybody else in the Parker Bros. engraving room at the time these guns were created who could have possibly equaled the mastery of the art of engraving that Gough had achieved.

I know... that's just an opinion but I don't think it would be a stretch at all for this to be the case.





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