Details
AN ANTIQUE DECORATED POWDER HORN
Lacking stopper with faceted, gadrooned and incised end with flower incised band, the body with coloured engraving 'Unity', with rose shamrock and thistle, 'Britannia,' seated on a lion at a table, beneath crossed swords by a flag and a ship, 'Love' with a man kneeling before a woman and the rhyme:
'All you that journey on the road
Be sure that you fill your horn
By it you will keep your spirits gay
And drink to friends thats far away.'
(repairs)
38 cm. (15 in.) overall
Lacking stopper with faceted, gadrooned and incised end with flower incised band, the body with coloured engraving 'Unity', with rose shamrock and thistle, 'Britannia,' seated on a lion at a table, beneath crossed swords by a flag and a ship, 'Love' with a man kneeling before a woman and the rhyme:
'All you that journey on the road
Be sure that you fill your horn
By it you will keep your spirits gay
And drink to friends thats far away.'
(repairs)
38 cm. (15 in.) overall
Provenance
Excavated in the Rocks, Sydney, New South Wales
Special notice
A 10% Goods and Services tax (G.S.T) will be charged on the Buyer's Premium on all lots in this sale.