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Lot 239W
An Italian StonebowLate 16th Century
30 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge£1,000 - £1,500
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Late 16th Century
Late 16th Century
With slender recurved iron bow with later strings and retained by an iron loop-shaped bracket on each side secured by staples, architecturally arched folding back-sight and two fore-sight pillars each with chiselled decoration, the latter each formed as a tapering column with pointed spherical finial, fruitwood tiller of tapering rectangular section with curved neck (split) and carved pierced foliate scroll behind the gaffle, tapering butt fluted along the angles and with turned knob-shaped hardwood finial, iron mounts including gaffle held by a chiselled cartouche-shaped side-plate on each side, the neck with iron strap along the top and bottom, pointed spike at the front of octagonal section, and curved trigger lever en suite and with small pointed button terminal
102.5 cm.
102.5 cm.








