Cranequin d'arbalète, Allemagne XVIe siècle.... - Lot 138 - Pierre Bergé & Associés

Cranequin d'arbalète, Allemagne XVIe siècle. A German cranequin for a crossbow, 16th century. With ratchet-bar struck with a mark, in a shield an inverse crescent moon, a pair of stars above, fitted with a brass triangular plate pivoting between the claws, the wheel turning between a pair of open brackets inset with brass panels over the top, fitted with a brass band around one side, the wheel formed with three spokes and with bevelled edges fitting flush with the inner bevels of each bracket, faceted iron wheel-case pierced with a Gothic tracery rosette on one side, pierced with a pair of hearts at both ends on the opposite side, the same side fitted with a pierced brass plate over the wheel cogs, retaining the original loop of waxed cords for fitting over the crossbow tiller, and the crank-arm retaining its original handle of turned wood and bone (belt hook missing). L.: 38.5 cm.