.38 caliber, 2.5" wedge retained flat top round barrel with German silver bands at breech, no S/N. Browned finish, German silver mounts, checkered walnut stock. Approximately 5.5" in overall length. Back action lock with foliate scroll engraving, marked in two lines: DERINGER / PHILADELA, breech marked in the same fashion and with a "P" proof within a sunburst. Top barrel flat marked in two lines: LULLMAN & VIENNA / MEMPHIS, TENN. Engraved German silver triggerguard with pineapple finial, the balance of the mounts engraved as well, including the shield-shaped wrist escutcheon which is boarder line engraved. Not fitted for a ramrod. Lullman & Vienna were a Memphis, TN based gunmakers, retailers and Deringer sales agents, who operated ca 1865-1876 (Sellers). Condition: Very good. Barrel retains no finish, with a medium pewter gray patina with scattered areas of darker surface oxidation and discoloration. Retailer mark slightly light due to an old cleaning. Lock with matching patina. Mechanically functional, good bore, oxidized with strong rifling and evenly scattered pitting. Stock with some light to moderate handling marks.
.38 caliber, 2.5" wedge retained flat top round barrel with German silver bands at breech, no S/N. Browned finish, German silver mounts, checkered walnut stock. Approximately 5.5" in overall length. Back action lock with foliate scroll engraving, marked in two lines: DERINGER / PHILADELA, breech marked in the same fashion and with a "P" proof within a sunburst. Top barrel flat marked in two lines: LULLMAN & VIENNA / MEMPHIS, TENN. Engraved German silver triggerguard with pineapple finial, the balance of the mounts engraved as well, including the shield-shaped wrist escutcheon which is boarder line engraved. Not fitted for a ramrod. Lullman & Vienna were a Memphis, TN based gunmakers, retailers and Deringer sales agents, who operated ca 1865-1876 (Sellers). Condition: Very good. Barrel retains no finish, with a medium pewter gray patina with scattered areas of darker surface oxidation and discoloration. Retailer mark slightly light due to an old cleaning. Lock with matching patina. Mechanically functional, good bore, oxidized with strong rifling and evenly scattered pitting. Stock with some light to moderate handling marks.
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