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Lot 216

An English Bullet Crossbow
By Ward, Almost Certainly James Of Warrington, No. 609, Circa 1815

27 November 2013, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £1,062.50 inc. premium

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An English Bullet Crossbow
By Ward, Almost Certainly James Of Warrington, No. 609, Circa 1815

With slender steel bow, folding adjustable fore-sight acting against a side-spring and mounted above the turned acorn-shaped terminal, expertly replaced strings with brass spacers, border engraved folding back-sight signed in gothic letters and decorated with foliage, engraved built in gaffle retained by a sprung catch at the rear, figured flat-sided tiller with gun butt and chequered grip, steel mounts comprising bow mount and scrolled side-plates, butt-plate, and foliate engraved trigger-guard with globe-shaped finial (some light rust patination)
81 cm.

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Provenance:
Sold in these Rooms, Fine Antique Arms and Armour, 27 November 2003, lot 127

James Ward of Warrington, Lancashire, is recorded as a crossbowmaker circa 1813-28

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