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Title
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Highly Decorated Stonebow (Schnepper) 17th century style
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Collection Location
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Private Collection
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Date
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19th century
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Description
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This slender steel bow has an additional wooden bolt guide carved in and fitted with a string for bolts. The wooden bolt guide has a notch cut into it for the slide to metal slide to engage into. Decorated in the same style as the stock, with vines and flowery ivory, this steel stonebow is fitted with a string of twisted cord, a pair of sight pillars, and the metal spring catch near the stock. The butt inset features an engraved staghorn plaque charged with a coat-of-arms, and steel trigger-guard, with the large trigger and set trigger to operate the catch of the crossbow.
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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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85 cm
