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UNMARKED, CIRCA 1715,
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AN EARLY 18TH CENTURY SILVER-MOUNTED HORN,
UNMARKED, CIRCA 1715,
Inlaid in silver piqué-work with date "1715" below mouth-piece, 13 in.long (33 cm.).
UNMARKED, CIRCA 1715,
Inlaid in silver piqué-work with date "1715" below mouth-piece, 13 in.long (33 cm.).
Special notice
VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.
Further details
These horns had three principal functions, as a drinking horn, a form of summoning a group of people or as a token of land tenure (a horn of tenure). The latter, however, were usually inscribed.