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Crossbow: HEN.M.418-1933

Current Location: Gallery 31 (Armoury)

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Steel bow, wood stock inlaid with engraved stag's horn: stylized flowers and scrolls, and an animal running between two trees

Notes

History note: Mr James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex

Legal notes

J.S. Henderson Bequest

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933) by Henderson, James Stewart

Dating

17th Century, Late
Circa 1670 CE - 1700 CE

Note

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.

Components of the work

Stock Length 74 cm
Bow Width 65 cm

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: HEN.M.418-1933
Primary reference Number: 19478
Old object number: A49
Old object number: PB 89

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 4 May 2021

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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