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Title
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*DUPLICATE* 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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This crossbow has a curved steel prod painted with a pair of alternating panels of early blue and red paint on the inside on either side of the tiller, fitted with later string and retained by later cords, wooden tiller swelling towards the nut, cut with a single aperture for a rod to set the trigger-mechanism, 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 each inlaid with a long marquetry panel of scrolling fruit and foliage in coloured fruitwood (minor losses), fitted with iron stirrup for a cranequin, original iron trigger with bulbous brass terminal, iron trigger-plate engraved with the date and the maker's initials in miniscules (worn), and set trigger (nut and basal cap missing) 61.0 cm; 24 in tiller The decoration of this crossbow is notably rare. A crossbow inlaid in a related manner is preserved in the Deutsches Jagd Museum, Munich. Estimate: £4000-6000 Sale Data: 29.06.2016 Hammer Price: €3800 BE
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Source
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Thomas Del Mar Ltd in association with Sotheby's
