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A VICTORIAN-ERA CROSSBOW

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:NA Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
A VICTORIAN-ERA CROSSBOW
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 16 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 300 lots of choice antique arms and armor including armor, helmets, shields, swords, daggers, battleaxes, maces, halberds, matchlocks, flintlocks and percussion pieces will be offered. Our fine selection for 2013 includes broadswords, baskethilts, shamshirs, shashkas, palas, kindjals, khanjars, tulwars and spears, as well as chain mail and breastplates. This sale will also include important swords and daggers from the Greek War of Independence and the armor of the K...
Very well made, the shaped hardwood stock with steel bow retaining its original cord, and functional trigger mechanism. The wrought steel mounts elaborately profiled, with recurved tiller and stirrup intact. Second half of the 19th century. Light wear, lacking one stirrup cap. Overall length 67 cm.
Condition III