Born in Mississippi and establishing himself in San Francisco as a Deringer Agent in 1854, Andrew J. Taylor's career was cut short on 25 September 1858, when an accidental discharge caused by a customer testing a Colt revolver ended his life. German silver blade front and notch rear sights with a "P" inside zig-zag lines on the upper left flat of the breech, "DERINGER/PHILADELA" on top and "MANd FOR/A.J. TAYLOR & Co./SAN FRANCo CALa." on the barrel flat. "DERINGER/PHILADELa" is marked on the lock plate. Scroll engraving is visible on the tang, hammer, lock and trigger guard. Checkered bird's head stock with German silver furniture and an ebony ramrod. With a purple felt lined hardwood case, which contains both pistols in the lot, a bullet mold/sprue cutter, wood handled screwdriver, small powder flask, ramrod/ball extractor, nipple wrench/oiler, a small powder measure and a paper container of J. Goldmark percussion caps.

As A, in case with A.