A bone-inlaid, gilt wheellock puffer, Augsburg, circa 1580/90 Two-stage barrel, octagonal breech section, then round after cut girdles, with smooth bore in 13 mm calibre. Over the muzzle and chamber florally engraved, gilt decoration. The top of the barrel with two struck Augsburg marks, Pyr and flower within a shield. Gilt and chiselled wheellock en suite engraved with flowers, with domed wheel cover and spring-loaded safety lever. Ebonised fruitwood stock with engraved and blackened, profuse bone inlays. The pommel with stripe and disc inlays i, Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available
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