Maker: Unknown
Steel bow, wood stock inlaid with engraved stag's horn: stylized flowers and scrolls, and an animal running between two trees
History note: Mr James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex
J.S. Henderson Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933) by Henderson, James Stewart
17th Century, Late
Circa
1670
CE
-
1700
CE
This crossbow has a steel bow and a wooden tiller with a cheek stock. It is inlaid with horn or ivory in the form of stylized flowers and scrolls and an animal running between two trees. The string is held in the spanned by a steel catch.
Stock
Length 74 cm
Bow
Width 65 cm
Accession number: HEN.M.418-1933
Primary reference Number: 19478
Old object number: A49
Old object number: PB 89
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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