.44 caliber. 6.75" wedge retained octagonal barrel with muzzle turned round. NSN. Browned finish, German silver mountings, checkered walnut stock with square butt. Single shot spur trigger percussion muzzleloading pocket pistol with a notch rear sight, dovetailed base with brass post front sight and no provision in the stock for a ramrod. Markings are nearly obliterated on the lock, but traces of the "Schneider" name and "Memphis" are visible, no markings are present on the barrel. Tumbler with male screw rather than female socket, using a bar shaped hammer nut to secure the hammer.

The firm of Schneider & Glassick operated in Memphis, TN and was a partnership between Frederick G. Glassick and William S. Schneider. Both men worked independently as gunmakers and gunsmiths during the 1850s, with Glassick's workings dates being circa 1840-1864 and Schneider's being circa 1859-1863. It appears both men were primarily gunsmiths doing repairs and retailers, and probably did not manufacture many guns. Most of the derringer style pistols that bear their markings appear to have been made in Nashville by Franz Bitterlich, like this example. It has the classic Bitterlich profile, flat butt, spur trigger and bar shaped hammer nut. The pair seem to have really only operated as partners during the months leading up to the Civil War and until the fall of Memphis in March of 1862. This is a rare southern pocket pistol that does not often come to market. {ANTIQUE}

Fair to Good. Bore good, moderately oxidized with pitting and decent rifling. Metal cleaned with some added finish and showing scattered pitting and oxidation. Markings are weak on the lock, none are left on the barrel. Lock is mechanically functional. Stock shows scattered bumps, dings and mars and some light sanding.