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Lot 240

An Italian Stonebow
Late 16th Century

27 November 2019, 10:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £701.25 inc. premium

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An Italian Stonebow
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 and rounded dolphin-like projection behind the gaffle, tapering butt fluted along the angles and with turned knob-shaped fruitwood finial, iron mounts including gaffle held by a chiselled cartouche-shaped side-plate on each side, pointed spike at the front of octagonal section, and replacement trigger-lever with small button terminal
98.8 cm.

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