Ian Cummins Collection - Antique Arms, Vintage Watche
Lot 4082 Session 15 (7.30pm Thursday 24 November) Ian Cummins Collection - Antique Arms, Vintage Watches
Estimate $4,000
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SCRIMSHAW POWDER HORN, circa 1803, carved into horn is a pineapple bush, a Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger), a leaping kangaroo, platypus, a woman facing left, a soldier supervising a convict working the ground with a shovel, carved words in horn near spout 'Do not despair, God will help, tho it seem, to be chanse', carved words near base of horn 'Jas Smalley, Parramatta', and carved words at base of horn 'Furroed Brow & Broken Back 1803', metal ring at top to stop the horn from splitting. In good condition.
Furroed brow and broken back referring to the labouring convict depicted above the wording.
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