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Title
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A NORTH EUROPEAN TARGET SHOOTING CROSSBOW
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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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European
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Description
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This crossbow has a slender steel prod retaining its bowstring of bound cord. The hardwood stock takes the form of a gun-stock incorporating a rest carved with a chevron pattern beneath the prod, and the long horn bolt channel. The grip is carved with chevron and a grotesque mask in the round. The weapon is fitted with a long brass lever trigger, a two piece vestigial brass butt-plate, an iron stirrup, a pair of iron lugs, and a vacant mother-of-pearl escutcheon.
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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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94cm; 37in stock
