A GERMAN GOTHIC CRANEQUIN FOR A CROSSBOW, the plain gear-box with raised central band on top inlaid with a pierced brass panel shaped as a Gothic window, clawed ratchet bar (partly replaced, belt hook missing), and curved winding bar formed as a stylised dragon (wooden handle replaced), late 15th Century

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A GERMAN GOTHIC CRANEQUIN FOR A CROSSBOW, the plain gear-box with raised central band on top inlaid with a pierced brass panel shaped as a Gothic window, clawed ratchet bar (partly replaced, belt hook missing), and curved winding bar formed as a stylised dragon (wooden handle replaced), late 15th Century
11½in.

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