Interesting to me is that the scroll engraving all over that SBT looks very much like the work of Robert Runge but the floral arrangement on the floor plate is unlike any of his work that I have seen before. It isn't as deep as some of the cuts in the scroll and is overall much finer... possibly done by a different engraver?
Can someone with more 'Runge experience' than I comment on this?
Actually, John's picture can be enlarged while it seems my copy of his can't.
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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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