A Rare 28-Bore All Steel German Small Wheel-Lock Puffer Pistol Circa 1580

A Rare 28-Bore All Steel German Small Wheel-Lock Puffer Pistol Circa 1580

£14,250.00
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WRSP189
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A rare 28-bore all steel German Small wheel-lock puffer pistol, circa 1580, probably for the Venetian state arsenal with two-stage swamped barrel engraved with foliage at each end of the forward section, octagonal breech struck with Nuremburg and the barrelsmiths mark (perhaps a rampant lion) and engraved with a band of foliage, flat lock retained by two side nails and struck with a further mark, a bird perched on a tree dividing the initials GB, fitted with external wheel beneath a domed cover, engraved pan with sliding cover and safety-catch, full stock (one small repair beneath the fore-end), engraved with pairs of lines beneath the muzzle, small near spherical pommel formed in two pieces, plain iron trigger-guard, iron ramrod and belt hook. In working order. Barrel Length - 21cm. Overall Length - 36cm. **Provenance - A number of pistols of this type are preserved in the Armoury of the Doges Palace, Venice.
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A rare 28-bore all steel German Small wheel-lock puffer pistol, circa 1580, probably for the Venetian state arsenal with two-stage swamped barrel engraved with foliage at each end of the forward section, octagonal breech struck with Nuremburg and the barrelsmiths mark (perhaps a rampant lion) and engraved with a band of foliage, flat lock retained by two side nails and struck with a further mark, a bird perched on a tree dividing the initials GB, fitted with external wheel beneath a domed cover, engraved pan with sliding cover and safety-catch, full stock (one small repair beneath the fore-end), engraved with pairs of lines beneath the muzzle, small near spherical pommel formed in two pieces, plain iron trigger-guard, iron ramrod and belt hook. In working order. Barrel Length - 21cm. Overall Length - 36cm. **Provenance - A number of pistols of this type are preserved in the Armoury of the Doges Palace, Venice.
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Weight (kg) 1.29
Mechanism Wheellock
License Type No Licence Required
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