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Click here to subscribeAn 18th century crossbow of provincial quality, span of steel bow 32”, with walnut stock having gun type butt, original cord, steel reinforcing plates, flat sprung plate triggers, and goat’s foot cocking lever. Basically GC for age (worn overall, the stock has been wormed and filled, repair to old fracture)
A quantity of assorted war gaming figures. All 2.5cm (standing figures), well painted and detailed. Subjects include a good selection of medieval knights in armour, mounted and standing, knights with lances and pennants, King with body guards, Crossbow men, bowmen, Pikemen- various types, plus infantry with matchlocks, men with hatchets, clergymen, Arch Bishop etc. All mounted on grass effect rectangular hardboard bases. VGC-Mint.
AN ITALIAN INFANTRY BREASTPLATE FLUTED IN THE GERMAN FASHION, CIRCA 1520 of globose form, with a bold inward turn at the neck, stamped with a mark beneath, perhaps a crowned crossbow bolt, flanged outwards at the base to receive a skirt (missing), embossed with a central panel of flutes within a matching frame (two internally-patched repairs, pitting), pierced with a pair of later holes for the attachment of a lance-rest, and fitted at the arm-openings with a pair of gussets turned en suite with the neck 35.5cm; 14in highBreastplates with related decoration are preserved in the Museo Stibbert, Florence (cat.no.5), the collection of Her Majesty The Queen at Windsor Castle and the Schweizerisches Landesmuseum, Zurich.
TWO GOAT`S FOOT LEVER`S FOR SPANNING CROSSBOWS, 17TH/18TH CENTURY AND A LARGE QUANTITY OF CROSSBOW BOLTS the first of steel (pitted), with shaped side-bars, a pair of lugs for attachment to the tiller, and a moulded handle at the top; the second comprising two bars of wood, the shorter with two recesses for the tiller lugs (chipped), and the longer with a moulded handle; the crossbow bolts comprising three moulded steel heads on wooden shafts, 16th century; three shafts of similar date, one with later head; four 19th Century bolts with turned steel heads; eighteen 19th century bolts with triangular steel heads; and eleven further bolts the first: 32cm; 12 1/2in when closed (41)
A FLEMISH TARGET CROSSBOW AND WINDLASS, 18TH/19TH CENTURY with robust steel bow stamped twice with a mark on the inside, fitted with a later string of twisted cord and retained by a pair of irons, figured walnut tiller applied with a large iron plaque on each side of the nut cavity, associated bone nut, the underside with moulded rest, fitted with steel fork in place of its stirrup, moulded trigger, complete with a steel cranequin 98cm; 38 5/8in tiller
AN ENGLISH CROSSBOW, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with slender steel bow, folding fore-sight, slender rosewood tiller of near square-section retaining some engraved bone plaques on the top, the underside previously inlaid with twisted brass wire (extensive losses, pommel missing), and built-in steel gaffle (the steel parts with light rust, worn) 65cm; 25 5/8in tiller
A chromed World War II period cigarette case, the front with enamel RAF badge, the back with a name scratched in of J B Nicolson dated 16th/8/40, (there is a record of a Wing Commander James Brindley Nicolson VC, DFC who was killed on the 2nd of May 1945, his memorial is at Singapore column 445), also a framed photograph of an RAF bomber with the seven man crew standing below, this photograph is signed Hamish Mahaddie, below the photograph is an RAF cloth badge, and a group of medal ribbons to include DSO, DFC and AFC 1939/45 ribbon, Air Crew Europe ribbon, Defence Medal ribbon, 1939/45 medal ribbon, General service medal ribbon and three others, Group Captain Thomas Gilbert Mahaddie was born in 1911 and joined the RAF in 1928, he was involved in the pathfinder force and after the war worked on several films including 633 Squadron You Only Live Twice, Operation Crossbow etc (2)
Marx Noble Knights no.2081 Sir Percival Gold Knight with armour, crossbow etc. Appears complete (not checked) and G/VG in VG box (puncture to base). Together with Marx Valour the armoured horse with armour (unboxed), and three Marx Johnny West action figures with accessories (G+, unboxed). (5)
A Continental sculpted ivory group of William Tell and his Son, late 19th century, portrayed standing, Tell with his crossbow resting on his right shoulder, on a cylindrical plinth, 14cm high; a sculpted ivory model of a bird, 19th century, 8cm high; and a Continental sculpted ivory model of man in Mediaeval dress, the Pied Piper, late 19th century, 9cm high
* Lobby Cards. An assorted group of approx. 140 British cinema lobby cards across film genres,. film titles include The Dirty Dozen, Zulu Dawn, Operation Crossbow, Precinct 45, Cruising, Dr. Zhivago, various Disney titles, a mixture of odds and some sets, some creasing and tears, but generally very good, plus a quantity of ABC Film Reviews, 1960s, and a small quantity of posters including a six-sheet for ‘A Kind of Loving’ (a carton)
A GERMAN PISTOL CROSSBOW, CIRCA 1830 with slender steel bow retained by a central screw, fitted with string of twisted cord, probably the original, octagonal brass `pistol` barrel interrupted by a vacant oval towards the median, fitted with blued fore-and back-sights, engraved case-hardened tang covering the action and fitted with notched nut, double set trigger, walnut tiller cut with a panel of chequering over the fore-end and the butt, brass trigger-guard with neoclassical finial and engraved with a bouquet on the bow, and brass fore-end cap 40cm; 15 3/4in Provenance Robin Wigington
A GERMAN SPORTING CROSSBOW, LATE 16TH CENTURY with steel bow struck with the two marks (Neue Støckel 6451) retained by later cords, fitted with an adjustable steel collar joined by a steel stirrup on each side of the tiller and later string, hardwood tiller veneered with engraved staghorn plaques top and bottom, the latter decorated with two allegorical figures including fortune beneath the bow, a green man mask centring on an aperture for inserting loading rods, and profile masks on each side of the mechanism, the sides of the tiller finely inlaid with engraved staghorn plaquettes, including a running pattern of scrolling foliage, ball flowers and profile masks, the top of the tiller fitted with a later wooden bar for use as a slurbow, iron nut, iron trigger-guard and a pair of iron lugs for loading (the inlay with minor losses and wear, small chips, the butt-plate missing) 59cm; 23 1/4in tiller Literature Dr. J. Fastenau, Die Waffensammlung, 1910, no. 184. It would appear that this was modified for use as a slurbow in the early 19th century, probably when the string and cords were replaced.
ELGOOD, Robert. Islamic Arms and Armour. 1979: CAMERON STONE, George. A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor. 1961: HAWKINS, Peter. The Price Guide to Antique Guns and Pistols. 1973: PAYNE-GALLWEY BT, Sir Ralph. The Crossbow. 1974: MOWBRAY, E. Andrew. Arms and Armour from the Atelier of Ernst Schmidt Munich. 1967: MANN, Sir James. Wallace Collection Catalogues, European Arms and Armour. 1962 (2 Volumes): LAKING, Guy Francis. Wallace Collection Catalogues, Oriental Arms and Armour. 1964. With 22 others of related interest. (30)
AN ENGLISH STONEBOW BY BARKER, WIGAN, CIRCA 1780 AND A NORTH EUROPEAN CROSSBOW, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY the first with slender steel bow fitted with later string, figured walnut tiller incorporating engraved steel gaffle, the latter fitted with signed folding back-sight, and button trigger, moulded steel finial, and folding fore-sight (the steel parts pitted and cleaned); the second with robust steel bow, tiller of gun-stock form, fitted with two large steel side panels over the forward portion, fitted with a screw in spike terminal also retaining the bow, carved bolt channel, brass nut and action, a pair of steel lugs for a goat`s foot lever, and moulded trigger (the steel parts pitted); together with a goat`s foot lever, 20th century the first: 74cm; 29 1/8in tiller (3)
A FRENCH TARGET CROSSBOW BY THIS, 43 BOULEVARD DU TEMPLE, PARIS, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY AND TWO FURTHER CROSSBOWS, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES the first with slender steel bow retained by two pierced moulded brass plaques, figured walnut tiller incorporating a rest beneath and with butt of gun-stock form, fitted with brass bolt channel, brass nut, and adjustable brass back and fore-sights, brass mounts comprising spurred trigger-guard and butt-plate, and fitted with a steel stirrup at the front; the second with later wooden bow, walnut tiller of gun stock form, inlaid around its border and on each side of the butt with later marquetry designs, carved bolt channel, small steel nut, and steel mounts including butt-plate of shaped outline; and the third with slender steel bow, hardwood tiller incorporating a scrolling rest beneath, and brass mounts the first: 75cm; 29 1/2in tiller (3) This is recorded making crossbows at 43 Boulevard du Temple circa 1820-40.
AN AUSTRIAN CROSSBOW SIGNED F. GEISLER IN WIEN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with slender steel bow (string missing), retained by a pair of engraved blued plaques, walnut tiller fitted with brass bolt channel, signed engraved steel action with provision for an adjustable back-sight above, double set trigger, pivoting adjustable fore-sight, cut with a panel of chequering at the fore-end and the grip, raised cheek-piece and wooden trigger-guard 66cm; 26in tiller
Knibbs (John) B.S.A. and Lincoln Jeffries Air Rifles, 1986, first edition, presentation copy signed by the author, dust wrapper; Brown (Nigel), British Gunmakers, Vol. 1 - London, 2004, folio, dust wrapper; Payne-Gallwey (Ralph), The Crossbow .., 1995, dust wrapper; with a quantity of others (qty)
PURCHASER MUST BE 18 YEARS OR OVER A Cobra System Small Crossbow, in black carbon fibre, with a packet of NcStar long arrows; a Barnett Veloci-Speed Class Prod; a Crossbow, with beech stock, black painted steel prod and fittings, in a wool lined case; a Barnett Crossbow R.S.T. string; a BSA Meteor .22 Calibre Break Barrel Air Rifle, numbered T2500 S B, with beech stock, in a slip case. (6)
A German Crossbow in the 17th Century Style, with steel frame, hinged folding back-sight mounted onto the built-in gaffle struck with a mark of a squirrel within a shield, the walnut stock carved with scalloped dotted banding and inset with an ivorine boss incised with a bust head of a man, span 41cm.
A pair of late 19th/early 20th century bronze figures modelled as a classically bearded man carrying a crossbow and quiver of quarrels in pantaloons and leather jerkin with plumed hat, the other with flint lock musket and knife raised on circular black slate plinth bases, height 24cm respectively, unsigned
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