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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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LATE 17TH CENTURY
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Location
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Italy
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Description
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slender steel bow retained by a pair of irons, carved wooden tiller of characteristic form (cracked), decorated with raised mouldings, panels of engraved scrollwork and small scallop designs over the forward portion, fitted with moulded steel fore-sight, folding back-sight, curved moulded trigger, later engraved inlays and later turned pommel (chipped)) 106.8 cm; 42 in tiller Provenance William Ockelford Oldman, London, 4 January 1929, no. 18 John Woodman Higgins Armory, Worcester, Massachusetts, Inv. No. 573 Estimate: £240-300 Sale Data: 29.06.2016 Hammer Price: €400
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Source
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Thomas Del Mar Ltd in association with Sotheby's
