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28th June 2012, 08:53 PM
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(deceased)
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking
Posts: 4,310
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An Unusually Fine Late Gothic Crossbow Windlass, ca. 1500-20
The German term is Seilwinde.
Of wrought iron, inlaid with two engraved copper-alloy panels depicting St. George Slaying the Dagon and St. Geneviève of Brabant respectively; the wooden crank handles missing. Provenance: - Christie's, April 17, 1988 (top attachment) - Czerny's, October 17, 2008. m Last edited by Matchlock; 28th June 2012 at 09:49 PM. |
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