Maker: Unknown
Crossbow with steel bow painted green and gold, secured with gold-painted cord decorated with green pompoms. Wooden stock inlaid with bone/stag's horn, the design including squirrels, a swan, tritons, Cupid riding a dolphin, and a group of Venus, Cupid, and a putto riding a hippocamp.
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
17th Century, Late
Circa
1670
CE
-
Circa
1700
CE
Decoration
composed of
paint
( gold and green)
cord (fibre product)
Inlay
composed of
bone
Stock
composed of
wood (plant material)
Length 75 cm
Bow
composed of
steel
Width 60 cm
Accession number: MAR.M.271-1912
Primary reference Number: 19492
Old object number: PB 90
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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