Engraving trends and styles were more often set by the head of the engraving department, or chief engraver and their tenures in that position often lasted between one and two decades. The higher grades were generally engraved to the styles he set. In The Parker Story we read that often the game scenes and animals were engraved by the chief engraver while the scroll and filigree was often done by engravers of a lesser stature. That being said however, there are Parkers that are known to have been entirely done by one master.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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