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Title
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AN ITALIAN STONEBOW
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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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Location
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Italy
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Description
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This crossbow has a slender steel prod retained by a pair of iron fore sights, and fitted with a later string. The stock is crafted of blackened hardwood and inlaid with slender plaques of engraved bone, carved with a scrolling monster above the trigger. The stock is fitted with a folding back-sight. The slender trigger is moulded finial, and the prod features a carved frontal finial formed as a marine monster and a turned pommel inlaid with a bone roundel engraved with a crested coat-of-arms.
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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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96.5cm; 38in stock
