of wood, comprising an A-frame with separate base, sixteen grooves to hold bows lined with contemporary green baize, secured together by leather spacers at the centre and a copper-alloy hinge at the top (one replaced screw and wooden bar, later filler around the joints), the frame secured when closed by two copper-alloy catches (replaced screws), the base with contemporary baize lining and later feet; together with sixteen Continental longbows, likely Belgian, the majority recurved with a cork grip and copper-alloy collar arrow pass, seven made of laminated wood and seven of fibreglass, with two self-bows, one bow labelled 'J. Jaques', another labelled ' Palais du Jouet Bruxelles', some with their draw weight stamped onto the collar, 163.0 cm (18)