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Title
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A LARGE CROSSBOW SIGNED T. PEETERS, MARIANNE
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Collection Location
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Private Collection
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Date
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18TH CENTURY
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Location
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Flemish
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Description
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The crossbow features a robust steel prod with a later addition bowstring. The walnut stock takes the form of a gun-stock and has a carved bolt channel, fitted with an adjustable brass bolt guide at the front and on each side of the nut. The former with a steel spike-rest beneath. The sides of the stock are encased in large steel plaques and signed on the left. The brass nut, a pair of lugs for a cranequin, steel bar trigger, brass butt-plate, brass trigger plate, and steel pivot mount, with a ratchet bar from a windlass are also visible features of this weapon.
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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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116.5cm; 41 7/8in stock
