Dogs will roam

[Dean Romig]

Erick, those dogs, to me, were done by the same hand that engraved the dogs on three of my Parker Grade 3 guns. The time period is from around 1900 to around 1917 or so and represents a period of some of the finest engraving done at Parker Bros.

Very possibly done by William Gough, (Harry's son) chief engraver from 1899 through 1911.


My DHE 24" 28 ga. made in 1908.



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[Gunner]

Dean,
From what Researcher posted on another site the Stevens 350 was discontinued around 1906 so the time frame coincides with your estimate. My geography is bad but I would think that the distance between Meriden and Chicopee would preclude moonlighting in that era. My thought is that someone trained at PB may have been recruited by Stevens. First Stevens engraved shotgun I have taken note of but engraved single shots aren't unheard of.

I might have bought this if it had been in better shape but I have too many unstarted projects laying around as it is.