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Gunpowder container

Part of the collection: Weapons, music instruments, varia

Popularization note

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.

Information about the object

Information about this object

Author / creator

unknown

Dimensions

height: 23 cm, width: 22 cm

Technique

painting, grinding, relief

Material

metal, horn

Creation time / dating

1st half of the 18th century

Creation / finding place

powstanie: Poland (Europe)

Owner

Castle Museum in Łańcut

Identification number

S.10758MŁ

Location / status

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