ËœA SMALL GERMAN SPORTING CROSSBOW, MID-18TH CENTURY

with slender steel bow retained by early twisted cords with two green pom-poms (string missing), hardwood tiller (small cracks) with carved ivory bolt channel, cheek-piece inlaid with a star in contrasting colours of horn and carved with scrolling foliage in low relief at each end, iron release catch, iron stirrup, sprung iron trigger and iron trigger-guard

66.7 cm; 26 1/4 in tiller