id: 95989
accession number: 1916.1726
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1726
updated: 2023-12-08 13:16:27.867000
Pellet Crossbow, 1600s. South Germany (?), 17th century. Wood, inlaid with stag horn; flax cord; steel with traces of paint and gilding; overall: 82.6 cm (32 1/2 in.); bow: 59.4 cm (23 3/8 in.); butt: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1726
title: Pellet Crossbow
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creation date: 1600s
creation date earliest: 1600
creation date latest: 1699
current location: 210A Armor Court
creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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culture: South Germany (?), 17th century
technique: wood, inlaid with stag horn; flax cord; steel with traces of paint and gilding
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Arms & Armor
type: Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 82.6 cm (32 1/2 in.); Bow: 59.4 cm (23 3/8 in.); Butt: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Armor Court Reinstallation
opening date: 1998-09-10T00:00:00
Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941), Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: ?-1916
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1916-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Catalogue of Arms and Armour. Vol. 4, 17th to 19th century and a few pieces of iron work. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915].
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (240) 263
url: https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour4/page/n410
Gilchrist, Helen Ives. A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.
page number: Mentioned: p. 176, G11; Reproduced: Plate XXXVIII, G11
url: https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n253
Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
page number: p. 139
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Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
page number: cat. no. 208, p. 193
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