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Title
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Crossbow
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HCA Identifier
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1881,0802.132
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Collection Location
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Collection British Museum, Department of Europe and Prehistory
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Date
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1550-1575
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Location
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Germany
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Description
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This crossbow was most likely meant for hunting. It has a steel bow and wooden stock. It is both inlaid and overlaid with ivory decorated with images of a hunting scene feautring lanimals leaping entwined in a vine. It it also features a stamp of a bunch of grapes in the inside of the steel bow. The bow is decorated with red pompoms presumably made from cotton and this crossbow also features a thick bow string. It was donated by William Burges in 1881 and is on display at the british Museum with the display code G46/dc5.
Materials/Media Steel, wood, cotton
Dimensions/Measurements Length: 64 centimetres, Weight: 3.950 kilograms Width: 59.50 centimetres
Other notes Donated by William Burges
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Source
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https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1881-0802-132
Collection British Museum, Department of Europe and Prehistory
