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Early 19th Century Jamaica Scrimshaw Powder Horn
Early 19th Century Jamaica Scrimshaw Powder Horn
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Description
British, circa 1820, signed "Stony Hill/Jamaica/West Indies/J Mitchell" over emblem for 33rd Regiment of the Light Infantry, and decorated with a mermaid, ship, monkey, centipede and scorpion, vignette with hand reaching for frothy glass and "Take Hold", carved spout, engraved metal collar with removable stopper incised "SK", fitted wood cap, four holes drilled near cap, 13-1/2 in.Literature: Ivor No‰el Hume, All the Best Rubblish, New York and London: Harper and Row, 1974, pages 261-266, ill.Provenance: The I. Noel Hume Collection of Artifacts and Antiquities
Condition
egg shaped surface damage over four legged creature on bottom, cracks along edge of horn near crack, overall wear consistent with age
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Early 19th Century Jamaica Scrimshaw Powder Horn

Estimate $800 - $1,200
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Starting Price $400
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