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Lot 237

A Rare Netherlandish Gothic Crossbow Windlass, And A Gaffle For A Crossbow
The First Late 15th Century, The Second 16th/17th Century

30 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Rare Netherlandish Gothic Crossbow Windlass, And A Gaffle For A Crossbow
The First Late 15th Century, The Second 16th/17th Century

The first of iron, comprising a narrow rectangular frame formed of two shaped side bars linked at the ends by respectively a slender rod and a cusped bar of flattened diamond section carrying in the centre the box that fits over the rear of the crossbow tiller, pierced with a pair of slots and slipped circular holes, fitted on each side with a pulley retained by a three branched bridle, cord spindle pierced with a circular hole at each end and rotating within the frame, tapering crank handles partly spirally-twisted becoming stiff diamond in section and turned at right angles at the end for the handles (missing), and with flat ovoidal belt hook, together with two well-made reproduction pulley gaffles; the second of russet iron and of characteristic 'goat's foot' construction (4)

Footnotes

For similar examples see Christie's South Kensington, Antique Arms And Armour, 27 April 1988, lot 131; and Christie's London, The Howard M. Curtis Collection Of Arms, Armour And Books, 31 October 1984, lot 243

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