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Lot 150

A German Sporting Crossbow, And An English Bullet Crossbow
The First LAte 16th Century, The Last Early 19th Century

17 May 2017, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A German Sporting Crossbow, And An English Bullet Crossbow
The First LAte 16th Century, The Last Early 19th Century

The first with steel bow struck with a mark on the inside (Neue Støckel 6453), secured by its original cords, and retaining its green silk cord at the front for pom-poms (missing), original string of twisted cord, swelling wooden tiller (wormed and damaged), the top veneered in staghorn with line engraved borders above a thin veneered line along both sides formed of small diamond-shaped panels of light and dark wood, iron bolt-retainer (mechanism missing, trigger-lever mostly missing), folding adjustable brass back-sight, serrated iron thumb-piece, and iron ring for suspension (old patination and surface rust); the second with slender steel bow, folding adjustable fore-sight acting against a side-spring and above the acorn-shaped finial, figured flat-sided tiller with gun butt, the latter with chequered grip, and steel mounts including scroll trigger-guard with pineapple finial (gaffle and back-sight missing, steel parts with surface rust) (2)
57 cm. and 82 cm. long

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