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In March 1890, the firm Manufacture Liegeoise d’Ames a feu had registered a trade mark of the letters ML beneath a Crown, which was sometimes applied at the left side of the frame together with alternative markings on the top strap.

Elaborately decorated versions were popular option offered by many Liege gun makers.

As sales within certain regions of the United States increased, so also did the variety of names for the Bull Dog models as an enticement for those seeking to purchase a revolver. Amongst the first to appear in this category was the title of “California Bull Dog” on a revolver chambered for the calibre .44 Webley and .44 Bull Dog cartridges but which would also accept .44 S&W or even the .44 Russian rounds.

This model was quite distinctive in having fancy black rubber stock plates with moulded neo-classical head (sometimes referred to as Thunder God), accompanied by branch and leaf decoration. Stock plates of this pattern were widely adopted by Liege gun makers and have been observed on various other Bull Dog style revolvers, notably on those produced by Joseph Tholet, who operated in Liege between the years 1886 and 1900, producing pocket models of the bull dog type.