Parker 0 grade 1877 interesting forearm

[B. Dudley]

It is not uncommon for these early hammer guns to have the stock maker (or forend maker, in this case) to be stamped in the wood.
The forends were a separate operation in the factory. The name will be stamped on some guns in that area. And on the stocks I have seen the name stamped under the top tang and also under the trigger guard. Phoenix is one of them, Beecher is another. I think I have seen a Fletcher or something like that on stocks. And of course Bannister is another.

All this is covered in The Parker Story.

That is a really clean example of the stamp that you have there.

[Pa SxS]

Here are examples of how his name is spelled in the stock books. Looks like Phenix to me. I'm not sure if "Tips" refers to just the metal tip on the forend, the entire forend metal, or the entire forend. Bannister name is listed as in the same book under "Stocked". Was one responsible for the forend and one for the buttstock?