The primary Savage in house engraver from about 1899 to approx 1917 or so was Enoch Tue.
Some sources firmly plant his engraving services with Savage till 1929.
I believe he died in 1927 though.
Tue was born in England and learned his trade at EJ Churhills before coming to the USA.
A check with the Savage collectors for the straight scoop on Enoch's term w/ Savage will most likely straighten out the years he worked there.
There were several members of the Tue family also listed as 'engraver' in census reports. One, 'Harry' was Enoch's son (most likely, maybe a nephew) and sometimes assisted Enoch on some of the Savage projects.
Enoch freelansed engraved outside the factory as well.
Wm Gough engraved for Savage and did quite a number of the 'K' series Model 99 Savage rifles. These came to be after Savage took control of the AH Fox company.
Gough of course engraved for a number of companys and clients as well.
William King was Savage Arms wood carver and high grade checkering guy. Those early high grade Model 1899 and perhaps even the Model 1895 rifles are his work with the fancy carving and checkering patterns to go along with the engraving.
Enoch Tue is also given credit for many of the high grade Savage pistols and the deluxe models of the others in the Savage line.
Personally I think that though someone like Mr Tue or another top engraver at a company may be their 'Master',,too often collectors tend to tag every piece done during their tenure there as a personal piece of their work.
There're only so many hours in a day,,and no GraverMax back then.
