A rare trooper's puffer for the personal Guard of Prince Christian I and II of Saxony dating: Late 16th Century provenance: Dresden Smoothbore, two-stage, 15,5 mm cal. barrel, first octagonal, after round, with a carved ring at the girdle, the base with frame and star marks in three groups of three (Stöckel nr. 5889, vol. II, p. 1478); lock with flat lock plate with external wheel, engraved springs, with safety lock and snap sliding pan cover. Full stock made of blackened wood, scales engraved with bone inlays; sphere-shaped pommel with a bone medallion at the center bearing the Saxon royal coat of arms. Bone-tipped wooden ramrod and iron cartridge extractor. length 57 cm.