A fine trooper's Puffer dating: 1591 provenance: Saxony, Smoothbore, two-stage, 16 mm cal. barrel, first octagonal with mark 'A', 'K', mark with a bird and date '1591', the base engraved, after round with a ring and small engravings at the girdle, slightly bell-mouthed nozzle; lock with flat lock plate and external wheel, engraved springs, with safety lock and snap sliding pan cover, inside some engravings. Full stock made of blackened wood, scales engraved with bone inlays; sphere-shaped pommel bearing in the centre a bone medallion with the Saxon royal coat of arms. Bone-tipped wooden ramrod and iron cartridge extractor. Interesting puffer for the personal guard of the Princes of Saxony Christian I and II. This rare weapon has the barrel with the same marks as the puffer of the previous lot, only the date is from the year before. Although the lock and the stock show slight differences, there is a probability that the two puffers formed a single pair. length 55 cm.