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Title
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A GERMAN SPORTING CROSSBOW
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HCA Identifier
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59
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Collection Location
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Private Collection
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Date
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MID-LATE 17TH CENTURY
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Description
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With 21 ¼ in. (54 cm.) steel bow struck with a maker's mark, original cord binding, later twisted cord string, fruitwood tiller with inlaid white staghorn panels, lines and roundels each engraved with foliage or running scrollwork, horn bolt-clip, set trigger and iron lever trigger, with old brass collection tag
€1,500-2,000 $2,300-3,000
€2,200-2,800
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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
