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THE CLASSIC BRITISH ROOK & RABBIT RIFLE' BY COLIN GREENWOOD, 2006 together with 'The Practical Guide to Man-Powered Bullets' by Richard Middleton 2005, 'The Crossbow Its Military and Sporting History, Construction and Use' by Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey 2007 and 'The Birmingham Gun Trade' by David Williams 2004 (4)
A Victorian 1854 Pattern Infantry Officer's Sword, with 83cm steel epee blade, brass gothic hilt and steel scabbard, 100.5cm; a 1907 Bayonet by Wilkinson, the blade with issue date for May 1917, lacks scabbard; a Small Crossbow, the steel prod with 40cm span, steel stirrup, beech tiller and wood bolt with steel head (4)Condition report: 1 - Blade badly pitted, scabbard pitted.2 - Blade with black patching, grip scales stained, lacks scabbard3 - Action works.
Late 4th-5th century AD. The majority of a substantial and richly ornamented gold crossbow brooch comprising two lateral knobs trimmed with beading, the arched bow still preserved with trimmed edge and filigree decoration, the sides of the head ornamented with solid volutes. See Collins, R., 'Brooch use in the 4th - 5th century frontier', in Collins, R. & Allason-Jones, L. (eds.), Finds from the Frontier. Material Culture in the 4th-5th Centuries, CBA Research Report 162, 2010, p.67. 17.64 grams, 43mm (1 3/4"). Acquired in Holland, 1987. Rogers collection, Suffolk, UK. Gold crossbow fibulae of this type were worn by high officers and even emperors, from Constantine to Justinian, as symbols of military rank. A classification and chronology of such fibulae has been established by Pröttel; Type 6 crossbows such as this have been dated to c. 390-460 AD. Two examples at the BM are gold, including the famous one from Moray Firth. Fair condition, held together with wire.
4th century AD. A silver-gilt crossbow brooch comprising a hollow hexagonal-section crossbar with beaded wire collars and onion-shaped knop terminals, third knop above and openwork scroll detailing to the upper face on one side of the bar only; triangular-section bow with beaded wire coil to the lower end, D-section footplate with scroll detailing to the long sides and to the short edge; pin and catchplate to reverse. Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1844,0709.1, for a broadly similar example. 57.9 grams, 87mm wide (3 1/2"). North American collection, 1990s-2000s. Property of a Surrey gentleman. [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website.] Fine condition.
Elfenbeinschnitzerei, Erbach, um 1920/30, Wilhelm Tell mit seinem Sohn und geschulterter Armbrust, vollplastische Schnitzerei, rückseitig am Sockel signiert Straub, runder Holzsockel, gesamt ca. 7x4.5 cm, materialbedingt l. haarrissig, Versand nur innerhalb der EU möglichivory carving, Erbach, around 1920/30, Wilhelm Tell with his son and shouldered crossbow, fully sculptural carving, on the rear side on pedestal signed Straub, round wooden pedestal, total approx. 7x4.5 cm, due to material slight hairline cracks, shipping only within the EU possible
A FRAMED FACSIMILE COPY OF A RIFLE CHAMBER AND CARTRIDGE SIZES CHART WITH A BOX OF CROSSBOW STRINGS, facsimile chart shows rifle chamber and cartridge sizes adopted by gun and ammunition manufacturers in 1913, mounted on black in a white frame, image size 32cm x 54.5cm, frame size 47cm x 64.5cm (some staining, scratches and a crease to one corner of chart), together with a box of approximately fifty crossbow strings (most in individual sealed bags) (1 BOX + 1 FRAME)
Roman Artefact Group. Circa, 1st-3rd century AD. The lot includes, three roman brooches. A crossbow type, A gilded centre-boss type brooch with conical glass centre and a T-shape allied type brooch. Also included is a stylised form phallic mount. Crossbow brooch 72mm, phallus 31mm. Ref: Hattatt's Ancient Brooches. p. 304, 364 & 369.
A FLEMISH TARGET CROSSBOW, LATE 18TH CENTURY with robust steel bow retained by a pair of pierced robust irons with iron stirrup (string missing), figured hardwood tiller with brass-lined bolt channel on the top and characteristic rest beneath (light worm damage), iron string release, a pair of robust lugs for a windlass, iron back-sight, set trigger, and iron trigger-guard 80.0 cm; 31 1/2 in tiller
A FLEMISH TARGET CROSSBOW, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with steel bow retained by a pair of pierced irons (string missing), figured hardwood tiller with characteristic rest, carved with neo rococo scrolls, flowers and with a raised border over much of its surface, the top with carved bolt channel with a horn section at the rear, built-in iron gafffle with back-sight, a pair of pillars for a fore-sight (shortened), an iron scrollwork panel on each side at the base of the tiller, and iron tiller cap 87.0 cm; 34 1/4 in tiller
A LARGE CROSSBOW, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY FLEMISH with robust steel bow (string missing), long figured walnut tiller of gun-stock form with carved bolt channel, fitted with a pair of long iron plaques on each side over three-quarters of its length, a further plaque enclosing the nut, fitted with steel spike, brass nut, a pair of iron lugs for a windlass, iron trigger, iron trigger-plate, iron butt-cap and vacant white metal escutcheon 87.0 cm; 34 1/4 in tiller
A RARE CROSSBOW, EARLY 17TH CENTURY, ENGLISH OR SPANISH with robust steel bow retained by a pair of moulded irons, fitted with an early string of twisted cord, hardwood tiller with bone bolt channel, fitted with an iron plaque on each side of the nut aperture (the nut missing, worm damage), incised with a medial line along the top towards the rear, and the underside with a short pierced belt hook and trigger rest (trigger missing) 70.0 cm; 27 1/2 in tiller
˜A SMALL GERMAN SPORTING CROSSBOW, MID-18TH CENTURY with slender steel bow retained by early twisted cords with two green pom-poms (string missing), hardwood tiller (small cracks) with carved ivory bolt channel, cheek-piece inlaid with a star in contrasting colours of horn and carved with scrolling foliage in low relief at each end, iron release catch, iron stirrup, sprung iron trigger and iron trigger-guard 66.7 cm; 26 1/4 in tiller
A TARGET SHOOTING CROSSBOW, 19TH CENTURY with robust steel bow fitted with string of twisted cord, hardwood tiller with raised cheek-piece, steel cord release and bolt clip, double set trigger, low fore-sight and mounting brackets for two back-sights, small ring-shaped steel stirrup, and steel trigger-guard 73.5 cm; 29 in tiller
A CROSSBOW IN THE CHINESE HAN DYNASTY STYLE OF 206-220 B.C., AND THREE FURTHER BOWS, 20TH CENTURYthe first probably by Edward McEwen with black-painted composite bow retained by blackened strings tied to hooks on the tiller, string of twisted cord, green-painted tiller with horn enclosing the brass locking action, the latter with integral trigger; the second similar, incomplete (mechanism missing); the third in Flemish 17th century style, with slender steel bow, hardwood tiller with brass-lined bolt channel, and iron mounts; the fourth by Henry Drake, dated 1977, fitted with tubular arrow aperture and an additional later hand-restthe first: 78.7 cm; 31 in tiller(4)Property from the Edward McEwen Collection (1934-2020)
A Bohemian ruby-overlay and cameo cut tankard or stein by Franz Paul Zach, Munich, circa 1850-70Of tapering cylindrical form with a plain loop handle, decorated with three arched cameo panels, the front finely decorated with a squire in old German attire holding a bugle in one hand and a crossbow in the other, the other two with stylised arabesque ornament in ruby red cut through to the frosted clear glass beneath, a band of Gothic arches to the base, 19cm highFootnotes:A notable decorator of blue and ruby encased and overlay glass, much of Franz Paul Zach's work was undertaken in Munich for Steigerwald. A goblet in the Passauer Glasmuseum decorated by Zach in a very similar style is illustrated by Georg Höltl, Das Böhmische Glas 1700-1950, vol.3 (1995), p.181, no.233 and another with a falconer in similar attire at no.234.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Wood and bone hunting crossbow. Germany. End of 17th - First of 18th. Century.The string and the sight bridge are missing. 61 x 50 cm.In the armoury of the Lázaro Galdeano Museum in Madrid, there are three similar examples, although they are rather later. One of them belonged to Karl Friedrich von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1700-1739).
Wood and bone hunting crossbow. Germany. First of 17th century.The string is missing, and the final wooden part is made later. 79 x 57 cm.In the armoury of the Lázaro Galdeano Museum in Madrid, there are three similar examples, although they are rather later. One of them belonged to Karl Friedrich von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1700-1739).
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