When was it made?

As I recall, there is a hell of a story involving Thys.

He was going to retire, but apparently there was a good sized theft of some of his inventory. And he had to cover his remaining orders. Not sure how he did it, but it is not beyond the realm of reason that he contracted out the work.

That incident hit him so hard that he was working contract for Griffin & Howe, and that was very recent.