Lot 120

A fine late 17th century powder horn
DATED 1674




Jacobite, Stuart, and Scottish Applied Arts
Auction: 13 May 2015 at 12:00 BST
£1,250
Description
of typical curved flattened cow horn with finely carved decoration with interlace borders and fine celtic knotwork roundels and bosses, inscribed with initials 'A*I' and a cross above '1674', the back edge of the horn inscribed with indistinct naming and 'FOR THIS WAS WROVGHT THER IS MOR TO BE BOVGHT DRINK LES AND BVY AN OF THY OWN', with integral suspension loop and wooden plug with brass studs to terminal
Dimensions
36cm long



