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EACH MID-19TH CENTURY
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A Black Forest staghorn powder-flask, and a Black Forest staghorn box
Each mid-19th century
The first with natural horn body finely carved in cameo on the outer face with a stag pursued by three hounds, the top mount of white-metal stamped 'Sykes Patent Extra Quality', the base-plate of natural horn; the second carved in cameo on the front with a boar-hunt in a wooded landscape (hinged cover replaced)
7½in. (19cm.) and 5½in. (14cm.) (2)
Each mid-19th century
The first with natural horn body finely carved in cameo on the outer face with a stag pursued by three hounds, the top mount of white-metal stamped 'Sykes Patent Extra Quality', the base-plate of natural horn; the second carved in cameo on the front with a boar-hunt in a wooded landscape (hinged cover replaced)
7½in. (19cm.) and 5½in. (14cm.) (2)