It's a dollar-quality Parker and it appears to be a forerunner to the grade 3 in that it has 4 pins in the lock plate, drop points and scalloped bolsters as well as the early grade 3 style of forend checkering.
it appears to have been engraved by Jacob Glahn judging by a few distinctions usually attributed to him....like the happy running spaniels he did on so many Parkers.
However the engraver may have been William Avery working under Glahn as my next post may support.
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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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