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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
The medals and associate ephemera and uniforms of Arthur Watts, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons
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A Large German Sporting Crossbow And Cranequin
Late 16th Century

Antique Arms, Armour & Modern Sporting Guns
23 May 2018, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Large German Sporting Crossbow And Cranequin
Late 16th Century

With robust steel bow struck with a maker's mark on the inside (see Neue Støckel, p. 1473), retaining much of its green painted decoration against a black ground (paint chipped), and secured by its original cords also securing an iron ring for suspension, original string of twisted cord, figured wooden tiller with hollowed cheek-piece and mounted along the top and bottom with bone panels within line borders, the panels incised with designs of foliage including a grotesque monster behind the fore-sight (missing), and on the bottom with a bearded grotesque mask, his mouth forming the aperture for a set-trigger rod, later russet steel mechanism plate with folding brass back-sight and brass nut, curved steel lever trigger, later trigger, swivelling safety-catch and steel cranequin lugs (some old repairs and surface rust, the mechanism updated during the bow's working life); the steel cranequin with circular gear-box with bevelled edge and central bar, clawed ratchet bar (belt-hook missing), and slender curved winding arms of part diamond section with old replacement swelling wooden handle (cord loop replaced by a steel hook, some rust patination overall) (2)
75.5 cm. and 35.5 cm. long

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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
The medals and associate ephemera and uniforms of Arthur Watts, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons
A Pair Of Highland All-Metal Percussion Belt Pistols Signed Paton & Walsh Perth, Mid 19th century
A Silver-Mounted Left-Hand Dagger, probably German, Italian or English Late 16th Century Or Later
FOUR REPRODUCTION CARVED POWDER HORNS/FLASKS.late 20th century.
THREE CARVED COCONUT ITEMS.18th/19th century.
A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE AND REPRODUCTION POWDER FLASKS AND RELATED SPORTING ITEMS.
THREE VICTORIAN ARMS AND ARMOUR DECORATIVE ITEMS.