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A Sporting Crossbow In German Late 16th Century Style19th Century
30 April 2014, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,000 inc. premium
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A Sporting Crossbow In German Late 16th Century Style
19th Century
19th Century
With russet steel bow secured by slender cords also securing a russet ring for suspension, original string of twisted cord, wooden tiller hollowed for the cheek on one side and inlaid overall with engraved staghorn panels in a checkerboard pattern, white staghorn butt-plate (chipped), russet steel cranequin lugs, nut, hinged loop, swivelling safety-catch and curved trigger-lever of tapering circular section interrupted by mouldings and chiselled with a scroll, horn bolt-clip and band around the tiller, and lever for setting the nut
75 cm.
75 cm.
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Provenance:
Christie's South Kensington, A Private European Salle D'Armes, 25 June 2013, lot 168








