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Title
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A FINE AND RARE SOUTH GERMAN SPORTING CROSSBOW SIGNED BY THE MASTER BE,
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Collection Location
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Private Collection
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Date
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DATED 1589
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Location
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Germany
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Description
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The crossbow is fitted with a curved steel prod. The prod is fitted with a later addition string and retained by later cords. The wooden stock swells towards the nut and is veneered over the upper and lower surfaces with white staghorn, engraved with bouquets of fruit, Biblical scenes including Daniel in the Lion's Den on the cheek-piece, and mythological figures along its full length. The sides are each inlaid with a long marquetry panel of scrolling fruit and foliage in coloured fruit wood. The weapon is fitted with an iron stirrup for a cranequin, the original iron trigger with bulbous brass terminal, an iron trigger-plate engraved with the date and the maker's initials in miniscules, and a set trigger.
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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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61cm; 24in stock
