Gunner’s powder horn Gunner's herb horn, The herb horn is made from an almost complete, honey-colored cow horn, provided with a transparent layer that has been cut into relief and engraved. The wide, round part is separated from the narrower, polygonal part by a carved laurel wreath, the narrower part continues in steps, with a first layer engraved like the fish scales, the wider part has two cartouches in the form of laurel wreaths: one with a dragon and the other with the year 1580, between the cartouches is a pot with a large flower in it, on the other side representations referring to the use of the powder horn: a cannonier with a wick stick near a heavy field cannon with a ribbon underneath with the text: ALS.ick.begiNNe.te.Schiten.dAt.SAL.MAN [N] ich.MA [N]. below is a forest landscape with a deer on the run for two dogs and a hunter blowing on a horn with an empty coat of arms above it, firearms: cannon, Netherlands, anonymous, 1580, horn (animal material), engraving, l 35.9 cm × d 9.1 cm × d 3.1 cm
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