A GERMAN SPORTING STONEBOW (SCHNEPPER), EARLY 17TH CENTURY with steel bow, slender steel shank

A GERMAN SPORTING STONEBOW (SCHNEPPER), EARLY 17TH CENTURY with steel bow, slender steel shank with suspension loop, fore-sight pillars and built-in gaffle (the gaffle lever missing), the mechanism set by a fluted button projecting from the underside, trigger mechanism fitted with moulded iron guard, and wooden butt of characteristic type inlaid with engraved horn plaques, including a griffon inlaid within a frame of horn scrollwork over the cheek-piece (the inlay with substantial losses, the butt-plate chipped). Length 67.3cm; 26 ½ in