{"id":30823,"date":"2026-11-02T15:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T21:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/02\/3-artists-who-changed-gun-engraving-history\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T15:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T21:00:22","slug":"3-artists-who-changed-gun-engraving-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/02\/3-artists-who-changed-gun-engraving-history\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Artists Who Changed Gun Engraving History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mejs-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/edvQ0xc3BSc?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Winston Churchill, Ken C. Hunt, and Firmo Fracassi were three masters of 20th century gun engraving, each bringing a distinct artistic approach to composition, light, shadow, gold, and steel. Through four extraordinary sporting arms, their work demonstrates how master engraving can transform a firearm into a canvas for fine art.<\/p>\n<p>Winston Churchill&#8217;s signed Belgian Browning 20 Gauge Superposed pairs detailed gold game scenes with a stock by noted custom gunmaker Jerry Fisher. Ken Hunt&#8217;s two Holland &#038; Holland Sidelock Royal double rifles bring African game to life in gold, while a documented Ivo Fabbri 28 Gauge pinless sidelock over\/under showcases Firmo Fracassi&#8217;s meticulous bulino work.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 \u2013 The Masters of Gun Engraving<br \/>01:31 \u2013 Winston Churchill&#8217;s Belgian Browning Superposed<br \/>04:10 \u2013 Ken Hunt: A Living Engraving Tradition<br \/>05:20 \u2013 Holland &#038; Holland .470 Nitro Express<br \/>06:51 \u2013 Holland &#038; Holland .375 H&#038;H Magnum Flanged<br \/>08:07 \u2013 Firmo Fracassi and the Art of Bulino<br \/>09:47 \u2013 Fracassi&#8217;s Ivo Fabbri 28 Gauge<br \/>11:50 \u2013 The Legacy of Three Masters<\/p>\n<p>Follow us!<br \/>Email: <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cg4yPb\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cg4yPb<\/a><br \/>Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RockIslandAuctionCompany\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RockIslandAuctionCompany<\/a><br \/>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockislandauction\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockislandauction\/<\/a><br \/>X: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RIAuction\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/x.com\/RIAuction<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#GunEngraving #MasterEngravers #FineGuns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winston Churchill, Ken C. Hunt, and Firmo Fracassi were three masters of 20th century gun engraving, each bringing a distinct artistic approach to composition, light, shadow, gold, and steel. Through four extraordinary sporting arms, their work demonstrates how master engraving can transform a firearm into a canvas for fine art. Winston Churchill&#8217;s signed Belgian Browning&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/02\/3-artists-who-changed-gun-engraving-history\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">3 Artists Who Changed Gun Engraving History<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":30824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}