A fine puffer dating: last quarter of the 16th Century provenance: Nuremberg, Smooth, two-stage, 12 mm cal. barrel, octagonal at the first part with Nuremberg stamp and, after ring, round; finely angled, smooth tang; flat plate lock with external, convex wheel, stamped with 'NK' among the effigy of glasses, with safety lock and snap pan cover, few engravings; wooden full stock richly decorated with bone tarsia depicting effigy of hunter on horseback, nobleman, eagle, bear and dog fighting, hounds, wild-boar and hare among hops and bands; flattened, spherical pommel depicting bust of a warrior with helmet; iron trigger and trigger guard; bone-tipped wooden ramrod. length 54 cm.