A RARE GERMAN BOY'S CROSSBOW with steel bow retained by its original cords, and with an old string, wooden tiller swelling towards the middle and almost entirely covered in white staghorn (slight damage), the sides engraved with scenes of the chase after Jost Amman of Augsburg, within roped borders, the top with running foliage inhabited by birds, and the underside with a sportsman, birds, strapwork, and a putto mask above the figure of Lucretia (some wear to engraving, butt with later extension and one replaced horn section), iron nut, horn bolt-clip, small iron stirrup, swivel safety-catch, bar trigger and folding set trigger, and iron cranequin with turned horn handle (old repair to gear-box, cord loop replaced), late 16th Century; and a bolt head