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Title
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16th Century German Crossbow
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HCA Identifier
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A1034
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Collection Location
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Collection The Wallace Collection, Hertford House, Manchester Square, London W1U 3BN
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Date
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c. 1520
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Location
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Germany
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Description
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"Crossbow , with a composite bow built up of layers of cane and whalebone, covered with parchment painted to imitate fish-skin with a double band of scrolled foliage along the top. It is bound to the stock with cord and plaited leather thongs; steel loop at the top; bow string of twisted cord.
Stock or tiller of wood veneered with longitudinal strips of antler incised with lines; there is a slot at the top for a movable foresight (now missing); it has a revolving nut, is pierced with a steel bar for the claw of the cranequin, and has a long steel trigger."
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Source
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Collection The Wallace Collection, Hertford House, Manchester Square, London W1U 3BN
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Crossbow Top Measurements
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Length: 72.5 cm
Span: 63.7 cm
Weight: 2.17 kg
