The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Crossbow Bolt Box (Bolzenkasten) with Accessories

Unrecorded artist

ca. 1735–50

Attribution

Unrecorded artist

Medium

Wood (poplar, walnut, plum, ash), steel, iron alloy, copper alloy, staghorn, feathers (probably goose)

Physical dimensions

box: H. 4 7/16 in. (11.2 cm); W. 15 15/16 in. (40.4 cm); D. 8 3/32 in. (20.5 cm); target bolt (.2i): L. 12 31/32 in. (32.9 cm); Wt. 1.3 oz. (37 g); target bolt (.2j): L. 13 in. (33 cm); Wt. 1.3 oz. (38 g); tool (.2k): L. 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm); W. 1 17/32 in. (3.9 cm); Wt. 3.7 oz. (105 g)

Credit line

Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Funds from various donors, 1970