The engraving on Savage 1899/99 rifles is some of the finest and most delicate looking of all the old American lever guns! That's a gorgeous example of a very high end Savage!
I have a close friend whose collected Savage 1895/1899/99 for decades and has some engraved Savages in his collection. He told me nobody seems to know who Savage used for their engravers over the years they offered it? I talked with Bob Evens about the history of Savage engraving also, and he didn't know who they used either.
This is a picture I took of my friend's display at our recent collector show:
