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Title
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A GERMAN SPORTING CROSSBOW
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HCA Identifier
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65
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Collection Location
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Private Collection
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Date
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LATE 17TH CENTURY
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Description
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With 21 in. (54.5 cm.) steel bow, original cord binding and twisted cord string, one woollen pom-pom remaining, hardwood tiller with white staghorn panels engraved with scrolling foliage, base for a rear-sight, cord-bound iron trigger-guard, and set trigger
£2,000-2,500 $3,100-3,800
€ 2,900-3,500
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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
