Gunner’s powder horn, anonymous, 1580 powder horn The Kruithoorn is made of an almost complete, honey -colored cow horn, with a transparent layer that is cut and engraved in relief. The wide, round part is from the narrower, polygonal part separated by a sliced laurel wreath; The narrower part continues, with a first layer engraved like the scales of a fish; The wider part has two cartouches in the form of laurel wreaths: one with a dragon and the other with the year 1580; Between the cartouches is a pot with a large flower in it; On the other side, representations are depicted that refer to t
Gunner’s powder horn, anonymous, 1580 powder horn The Kruithoorn is made of an almost complete, honey -colored cow horn, with a transparent layer that is cut and engraved in relief. The wide, round part is from the narrower, polygonal part separated by a sliced laurel wreath; The narrower part continues, with a first layer engraved like the scales of a fish; The wider part has two cartouches in the form of laurel wreaths: one with a dragon and the other with the year 1580; Between the cartouches is a pot with a large flower in it; On the other side, representations are depicted that refer to the use of the Kruithoorn: a cannononier with a wick with a heavy field cannon with a ribbon with the text underneath: [n ] [n]. dedrete; Below that follows a forest landscape with a deer on the run for two dogs and a hunter blows on a horn with an empty coat of arms above it. Netherlands horn (animal material) cutting / engraving firearms: cannon Netherlands
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