27th Jun, 2012 10:00

Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria

 
Lot 422
 

422

TWO GOAT'S FOOT LEVER'S FOR SPANNING CROSSBOWS

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)

Sold for £550


 
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)