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Title
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German Crossbow
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HCA Identifier
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A1038
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Date
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c. 1620
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Location
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Germany
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Description
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"Crossbow, the broad steel bow stamped with the maker's marks; bow-string of twisted cord; moulded steel loop at the top. The bow is bound to the stock with steel bands; beneath, a rivet with a heart-shaped head.
Long, straight stock or tiller of plain walnut inlaid with a few small plaques of antler engraved with quatrefoils; steel trigger, trigger-guard and lugs. Their proximity to the nut indicates that it was meant to be spanned by a goat's-foot lever, not a cranequin (no. 1327). The nut is of ivory with a steel face. A hole on top of the stock, two inches in front of the nut, was used to set the tumbler which connected the nut with the gun-type 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: 89 cm
Span: 57 cm
Weight: 3.58 kg
