A 25-Bore Saxon Wheel-Lock Holster Pistol

BY HANS STOCKMANN, DRESDEN, EARLY 17TH CENTURY

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A 25-Bore Saxon Wheel-Lock Holster Pistol
By Hans Stockmann, Dresden, early 17th Century
With two-stage barrel, the octagonal breech with raised triangular panels and struck at the rear with the maker's initials (Neue Stckel 3096) between numerous small decorative marks, plain lock with domed wheel-cover retained by an iron ring, fruitwood full stock inlaid with engraved staghorn plaques including a snail and a marine monster opposite the lock, fluted pear-shaped pommel, iron trigger-guard, and horn-tipped ramrod with iron powder-measure
29in. (73.7cm.)
Made for the Trabantan guard of Elector Christian II (ruled 1601-1611)
Provenance
The Saxon Royal Armouries, Dresden

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