The top looks much like my 1878 (?) S&W .32 black powder cartridge revolver. Mine has black grips with lots of engraving or molding. It’s a family heirloom that belonged to my great great great grandfather. I also have his LC Smith.
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Top looks like a 38sw maybe. Top break revolver.
The top break sure looks like an Iver Johnson.
I think you're correct about the mismatched grips. IJ grips would have had an owl's head molded into the thumb area of the grip where yours have a gap.
After further looking you have an Iver Johnson I do believe. The smith is quite a bit different. My smith on the left and IJ on the right.
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The top break is definitely an IJ, you can read that much on the barrel. Any markings on the top one?
Top one is one of a bunch known as “suicide specials”, looks similar to one listed as made by H&R as an “Aetna” on this page: https://unblinkingeye.com/Guns/SSs/sss.html
The bottom one is an Iver Johnson.
I don’t think either are likely to be worth a whole lot and it’s hard to tell from the photos whether they are safe to fire.
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