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Lot 206
A Continental Powder-HornProbably 18th Century
24 April 2013, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge£600 - £800
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Find your local specialistA Continental Powder-Horn
Probably 18th Century
Probably 18th Century
Formed from a section of natural cowhorn, charmingly incised in scrimshaw work with broad horizontal bands enclosing foliage inhabited by wild animals, a unicorn and hinds, the animals including a tiger, a lion, a bear and a stag, some with human faces, turned tapering nozzle, silver basal mount with cusped upper edge (base-plug missing), and short projection at the base pierced for suspension rings
32.5 cm.
32.5 cm.




