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.
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Last edited by Matchlock; 28th June 2012 at 10:49 PM.
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