A SAXON WALNUT AND BONE INLAID WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL 'PUFFER'
CIRCA 1582, BARREL STAMPED WITH MAKERS MARK AD FOR ABRAHAM DRESSLER, DRESDEN
Swamped barrel formed in two stages, struck with makers monogram AD in a cartouche and dated 1582, flat lock, safety-catch, the pan with a flush-fitting sliding cover, fruitwood full stock inlaid with engraved beaded spiralling lines, iron trigger, iron side-plate, ramrod-pipe, later iron-tipped ramrod, inventory label 225, inventory number in ink II 5 157
62 cm. long
A SAXON WALNUT AND BONE INLAID WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL 'PUFFER'
CIRCA 1582, BARREL STAMPED WITH MAKERS MARK AD FOR ABRAHAM DRESSLER, DRESDEN
Swamped barrel formed in two stages, struck with makers monogram AD in a cartouche and dated 1582, flat lock, safety-catch, the pan with a flush-fitting sliding cover, fruitwood full stock inlaid with engraved beaded spiralling lines, iron trigger, iron side-plate, ramrod-pipe, later iron-tipped ramrod, inventory label 225, inventory number in ink II 5 157
62 cm. long
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