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    16 December 2003

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    • A GERMAN SPORTING CROSSBOW (SL
    Lot 123

    A GERMAN SPORTING CROSSBOW (SLURBOW)

    MID-18TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    GBP 1,434

    Estimate

    GBP 1,200 - GBP 1,600

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    A GERMAN SPORTING CROSSBOW (SLURBOW)
    Mid-18th Century
    With slender steel bow secured by its original cords and retaining its original string, walnut full stock inlaid with roundels of white and dark horn, butt of rifle type with raised cheek-piece inset with a star in white and dark horn, the cover to the bolt-channel also inlaid with white and dark horn (incomplete) and inscribed 'No 1' in front of the horn back-sight (fore-sight missing), iron nut, iron mounts (rust-patinated) including suspension-loop, and set trigger
    30in. (76.2cm.)

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