17th Sep, 2014 10:00 GMT/BST

Militaria & Ethnographica

 
Lot 547
 

547

A Rare 19th Century Russian Pistol Crossbow by S I Orlov, St Petersburg, with 44cm steel...

A Rare 19th Century Russian Pistol Crossbow by S I Orlov, St Petersburg, with 44cm steel bowstave, the 21cm octagonal steel barrel with cut away sides to accommodate the bowstring, the top flat inlaid `St Petersburg' in silver, the roller plate engraved with leafy scrolls and with a silver inlaid elliptical panel signed S I Orlov, the walnut tiller (stock) with chequered grip and rounded flat pommel

Sold for £1,700
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,000


 

Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 17th Sep, 2014

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