Lot 152
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CARVED BONE AND IRON-MOUNTED POWDER HORN, GERMANY, CIRCA 1600

Estimate
500 - 750 USD
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Description

  • horn
  • Width 3 in. by Depth 6 in.
One side with natural horn, the other carved with the Crucifixion with a kneeling knight in period Renaissance costume, a banner with "INRI" above a crown of thorns, a friend on his knees praying bottom left, castles on the right, scull and thigh bone at bottom of cross, with a steel top, funnel and spring to release powder and holes on the side and back, inscribed INRI, JAC on the wood bottom.

Provenance

Joseph Kindig, Jr., York, Pennsylvania;
Gift to Anita Schorsch from Joseph Kindig.