Light Crossbow (Schnepper) from the Armory of Sedlitz Palace, dated 1733, Dresden, German, Dresden, Steel, wood (walnut), staghorn, hemp, wool, gold, L. 27 11/16 in. (70.3 cm); W. 22 1/2 in. (57.1 cm); Wt. 4 lb. 5 oz. (1,949 g), Archery Equipment-Crossbows, Johann Gottfried Hänisch the Elder (German, Dresden, 1696–1778), This light crossbow belongs to a series of nearly identical weapons––once numbering 24––from Sedlitz Palace near Dresden, a residence of the dukes of Saxony. Duke Friedrich August I 'the Strong' (1670–1733) and his son Friedrich Augustus II (1696–1763) also ruled as Kings of Poland from 1697 to 1763.

Light Crossbow (Schnepper) from the Armory of Sedlitz Palace, dated 1733, Dresden, German, Dresden, Steel, wood (walnut), staghorn, hemp, wool, gold, L. 27 11/16 in. (70.3 cm); W. 22 1/2 in. (57.1 cm); Wt. 4 lb. 5 oz. (1,949 g), Archery Equipment-Crossbows, Johann Gottfried Hänisch the Elder (German, Dresden, 1696–1778), This light crossbow belongs to a series of nearly identical weapons––once numbering 24––from Sedlitz Palace near Dresden, a residence of the dukes of Saxony. Duke Friedrich August I 'the Strong' (1670–1733) and his son Friedrich Augustus II (1696–1763) also ruled as Kings of Poland from 1697 to 1763

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