Crossbow
Category
Arms and armour
Date
1600 - 1625
Materials
Iron, Steel, Wood
Measurements
58 cm (l)57 cm (w)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Chastleton House, Oxfordshire
NT 1429714
Summary
CROSSBOW; The bow is of steel. The wooden tiller is long and of square section. It is recessed for panels of inlay, all of which is lost except for a number of small circular pieces of bone incised with concentric circles. The tiller has a small lug at the end, and has a long cut-out for the missing mechanism. There are iron plates with lugs at either side. At the front is a pivoted iron oprong.