Jack, your question is a recurrent one. Bottom line: there are no known true Parker cases except for those walnut cases supplied with early lifter hammer guns and which held brass shells. Everything else was made by another supplier and sold to gun store. Some were provided with the gun when sold , others years later.
There are also no verifiable Parker case labels. There are some that look to be copies of Parker letterhead, others look like they might be correct case labels, but no one has been able to verify one beyond question. Some of these maybe correct ones look like they were done up by the gun seller from Parker letterhead and magazine ads, as opposed to Parker Bros.
Red Head cases, A&F cases, Brauer Bros, some English oak and leather, all were provided with Parkers by gun sellers with the cases fitted to match rib extensions, barrel lengths, etc.
So, you have a nice case, could have been supplied by the gun store with the gun, looks like they made up a nice label to put with it, looks period correct , and let it go at that. I've posted pictures here several times of a CHE 20ga with A&F oak and leather case. The case and gun are fitted together. I know the case was not sold with the gun but clearly the case was fitted when new to a Parker of the same gauge and dimensions. That's about the best a collector can do.
The compartments could be used to store about anything. Cleaning rags, oil cans, cartridges, money he didn't want the wife to find, anything.
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