It doesn't look like this little bit of PR worked, either for Paton or for Fuller. I mean, from what PeteM posted about Paton in the thread I linked, it appears that Paton wanted to move upmarket around 1870, or why would he open a London office and start calling himself maker to the prince consort? (the info that he was "appointed" gunmaker to HRH seems to imply he had a warrant and applied for it). But neither Paton nor Fuller are even close to being recognizeable. In fact, a Google search for Paton turns out only five guns - that's hardly a success.
