3 Dog D grade

[King Cobb]

I posted this in the general forum, but thought I would share the engraving on this forum as well. The D grade was made in 1899, and from what I have read in TPS, I am guessing the engraving would have been done by Gough. It has a setter on the floor plate and a pointer and setter on each of the side plates. They aren't the best representations of dogs I have seen on a parker, but they are far from the worst.

[Bill Murphy]

What page reference in TPS can you give us to suggest a Gough connection?

[King Cobb]

Page 224, "dogs on D grade guns in the 1890s have a characteristic intense facial expression. Chances are that Harry Gough did them." This D grade was done in 1899 and the dogs have the same expression as other Ds I have seen from the 1890s, so I was taking what TPS said at face value.

[Mills]

Very unusual and cool

[OH Osthaus]

those style dogs started with the first of the hammerless- this comes from an 1888 DH within a few hundred numbers of the first hammerless gun - it has the same setter/pointer mix on the side plates

[King Cobb]

Very cool Rick, I think I saw you post that floor plate in a thread I found on here about 3 dog DHs, I find it interesting the variation in head position among the dogs found on floor plates. Your is looking at the ground and mine is looking more to the sky.

[OH Osthaus]

if you look very close - you'll see a bird's head in the grass he is looking at

[King Cobb]

Hmm I will have to check if there is some bird flying on mine. I don't think so, but will check.

[Dollar]

Just a question on this DH.What condition would you rate this engraving and case color?These look like good pictures of this gun.
Nice gun by the way.
Thanks

[King Cobb]

I really don't have a clue. Haven't been at this long. There really isn't any cc. In my inexperienced opinion I would rate the engraving pretty good except for the setter on the floor plate, it is a little faint.