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Title
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Target Crossbow
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HCA Identifier
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XI.108
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Collection Location
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Collection Royal Armouries, Study Collection, Leeds, England
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Date
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Late 18th century - early 19th-century
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Location
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Flanders
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Description
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This crossbow contains a bull’s head marked into the fore-end of the stock. A steel bridle attaches the stock to the fore-end and also holds a stir-up in place. The stock is wooden and is fitted with brass plates which hold the nut in place. Beneath the cocking mechanism is an engraving of four circles formed in the shape of a square with a small space in the centre. This crossbow is for the use of a left-handed person demonstrated by its left-hand grip and is meant to be used along with a windlass which is a type of cranequin
Materials/Media Steel, brass, wood
Dimensions/Measurements Overall Length: 1029mm
Other notes It was a part of the Ex Renkin collection and acquired by the Royal Armouries in 1967
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Source
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https://royalarmouries.org/collection/object/object-20270
Collection Royal Armouries, Study Collection, Leeds, England
