TWO ENGRAVED POWDER HORNS
LATE 18TH/ EARLY 19TH CENTURY
£378
Auction: Day One: 17 May 2023 | From 11:00
Description
one possibly Australian Colonial with and engraved of a coat of arms including a hand clasping an arrow, exotic birds in a tree and a kangaroo, tapering to a facetted end, the other end with a serrated rim; the other American example engraved with the Great Seal of the Unites States of America of eagle with motto ‘E PLURIBUS UNUM' above a continuous scene of deer hunting on horseback, with monogram 'J.B.C' and partial signature 'J. Krer...', the end smoothed with a turned rib for a handle
Dimensions
36cm and 42cm long respectively