Shooting stick
20th century
Castle Museum in Łańcut
Part of the collection: Weapons, music instruments, varia
Powder horn made of horn leaving the natural shape of the fork. The horn is ground, engraved and painted, with metal accessories. Arms and the bottom of the powder horn are finished with oval heads attached to wooden tiles with horn pins, which are finished from the outside with heads (imitation of nails). Right arm has a pouring spout. In the middle of the fork of the horn there is a metal hook used for reeving the thong. Body decorated with ornaments with floral and animal motifs on the whole surface. On the reverse there is an unidentified coat of arms surrounded by panoplies. Silhouette of a snake around the pouring spout. Well-preserved traces of paint layer on the ornaments. The powder horn probably made in Poland in the first half of the 18th century.
Author / creator
Dimensions
height: 23 cm, width: 22 cm
Technique
painting, grinding, relief
Material
metal, horn
Creation time / dating
Creation / finding place
Owner
Castle Museum in Łańcut
Identification number
Location / status
20th century
Castle Museum in Łańcut
18th century
Castle Museum in Łańcut
18th century
Castle Museum in Łańcut
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