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Title
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A SPORTING CROSSBOW
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HCA Identifier
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60
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Collection Location
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Private Collection
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Date
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MID-LATE 18TH CENTURY
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Location
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PROBABLY GERMAN
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Description
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With 19 ¾ in. (50 cm.) steel bow struck with a maker's mark, original twisted cord string, iron-mounted stock with white staghorn bolt-channel, heart-shaped escutcheon and butt-plate, sprung folding front sight of notched arms, folding rear-sight, and lever-trigger
£700-1,000 $1,100-1,500
€990-1,400
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Source
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FINE ANTIQUE ARMS,
ARMOUR &
SPORTING GUNS
INCLUDING A COMMEMORATION OF
WELLINGTON, THE NAPOLEONIC WARS
AND WATERLOO
South Kensington
17 December 2015
