Lot Essay
The decoration of the stock can be compared with that found on English chests-of-drawers of the period
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A RARE ENGLISH CHILD'S STONEBOW with slender steel bow, later strings and folding fore-sight, built-in gaffle incorporating pierced folding back-sight, fruitwood tiller inlaid with lines of twisted brass wire and engraved staghorn panels (one replaced), at the rear a turned steel ferrule with large pierced mushroom-shaped terminal (steel parts polished bright), mid-17th Century
Details
A RARE ENGLISH CHILD'S STONEBOW with slender steel bow, later strings and folding fore-sight, built-in gaffle incorporating pierced folding back-sight, fruitwood tiller inlaid with lines of twisted brass wire and engraved staghorn panels (one replaced), at the rear a turned steel ferrule with large pierced mushroom-shaped terminal (steel parts polished bright), mid-17th Century
20 1/8in.
20 1/8in.
Provenance
Sold in these Rooms May 11, 1983, lot 62