Paire de pistolets à rouet Puffer composites allemands (Nuremberg)
Paire de pistolets à rouet Puffer composites allemands (Nuremberg)

Circa 1590

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Paire de pistolets à rouet Puffer composites allemands (Nuremberg)
Circa 1590
Canons en deux registres, frappés du poinçon de Nuremberg et d'un poinçon de fabricant sur le tonnerre octogonal, platines à corps plat avec rouet extérieur à ressort, couvre-bassinet coulissant, cran de sûreté, frappé de la marque de fabricant 'RC' cantonnant une croix au sein d'un écu et d'une autre marque formée de haches en sautoir (Neue Stockel 2207), crosses incrustées de bois de cerf dans le style de la fin du 16e siècle, pommeaux en boules aplaties, l'extrémité recouverte d'une plaque de fer, sous-garde en fer et crochets de ceinture, baguettes à embout de fer.
Canons 29 cm (11.4 in.) (2)
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A pair of composite German (Nuremberg) wheel-lock puffer pistols
Circa 1590
With swamped two-stage barrels each struck on the octagonal breech-section with a Nuremberg mark and a maker's mark, iron tangs, flat locks each with external wheel with annular retaining bracket, sliding pan-cover, safety-catch and struck with a shield-shaped maker's mark 'RC' with a cross (Neue Stockel 2207) and a further stamp involving crossed axes, full stocks each inlaid with staghorn in the late 16th century style, compressed spherical pommels each with iron cap with button finial, iron trigger-guards and belt-hooks, and iron-tipped ramrods.

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