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A Cranequin For A Gothic CrossbowCirca 1500
22 April 2009, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,560 inc. premium
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Circa 1500
Circa 1500
With small enclosed gear-box with bevelled edge and a raised applied strap front and back (one with old repair), mounted on the upper side of the slender two-stage clawed ratchet-bar, the left side of the bar struck with a mark, curved winding bar with cylindrical wooden handle (wormed), and iron retaining loop
43 cm.
43 cm.
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Provenance:
Dr. John Waldman Collection
Sotheby's, New York, 29 January 1998, lot 382








