A FLEMISH TARGET CROSSBOW, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

with steel bow retained by a pair of pierced irons (string missing), figured hardwood tiller with characteristic rest, carved with neo rococo scrolls, flowers and with a raised border over much of its surface, the top with carved bolt channel with a horn section at the rear, built-in iron gafffle with back-sight, a pair of pillars for a fore-sight (shortened), an iron scrollwork panel on each side at the base of the tiller, and iron tiller cap

87.0 cm; 34 1/4 in tiller