DATED 1577
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A 22-Bore Saxon Wheel-Lock Holster Pistol
Dated 1577
With swamped two-stage barrel stamped on top of the dated breech with maker's mark of Abraham or Anthonius Dressler/Tressler of Dresden (Neue Stckel 1830) in a shield-shaped punch, flat lock with flat wheel-cover and brass retaining ring with punched decoration, safety-catch, and sliding pan-cover with brass lion-mask release button, full stock inlaid with engraved staghorn lines and panels, and on the butt with staghorn scrolls and ball-flowers, pommel en suite and with circular horn medallion engraved with a profile warrior's head, fluted iron trigger-guard, and horn-tipped ramrod with iron powder-measure
24in. (61cm.)
Dated 1577
With swamped two-stage barrel stamped on top of the dated breech with maker's mark of Abraham or Anthonius Dressler/Tressler of Dresden (Neue Stckel 1830) in a shield-shaped punch, flat lock with flat wheel-cover and brass retaining ring with punched decoration, safety-catch, and sliding pan-cover with brass lion-mask release button, full stock inlaid with engraved staghorn lines and panels, and on the butt with staghorn scrolls and ball-flowers, pommel en suite and with circular horn medallion engraved with a profile warrior's head, fluted iron trigger-guard, and horn-tipped ramrod with iron powder-measure
24in. (61cm.)