A SCRIMSHAW DECORATED POWDER HORN, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY

the cow horn inscribed in the round with pre-Revolutionary patriotic designs loyal to the Crown and depicting bird's eye plans inscribed Barracks burnt Louisbourg, Goat Island and Battery, Rochfort Point etc. with depictions of men-o'-war and landing craft and a soldier seated on a drum pointing his pipe at an encampment, with threaded wooden plug with sprung powder dispenser -- 14in. (35.5cm.) wide

Condition Report

Three or four chips/holes, possibly an old infestation/attack but not effecting the design

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