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Title
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A German Sporting Crossbow
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Collection Location
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Private Collection
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Date
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SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
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Location
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Germany
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Description
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This large bolt crossbow inlaid with many ivory panels along the top. The thick string is caught with a polished metal catch. On the inside of the bow, a Nuremburg town mark and the maker's mark, alongside a watchful owl, is stamped and retained by cords and fitted with string of twisted cord. The bow stock is veneered with staghorn plaques on the top and the bottom, each engraved with scrolling tendrils and the latter with the figure of a hunter. The sides are inlaid with small staghorn plaques, including a hunter taking aim at a stag (worn, small losses).
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Source
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Thomas Del Mar Ltd in association with Sotheby's
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Crossbow Top Measurements
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60 cm
