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EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Details
AN ENGLISH COW-HORN POWDER-FLASK
Early 19th Century
The body engraved with the post-1801 Hanoverian Royal Arms surmounted by the inscription 'Some praise the glasses of the rich, Their liquors rare and fine, The humble horn I'll sing its praise, When filled with rum or wine', with the engraver's (?) signature 'Wm. West' beneath (stopper missing, bottom edge chipped)
14¼in.
Early 19th Century
The body engraved with the post-1801 Hanoverian Royal Arms surmounted by the inscription 'Some praise the glasses of the rich, Their liquors rare and fine, The humble horn I'll sing its praise, When filled with rum or wine', with the engraver's (?) signature 'Wm. West' beneath (stopper missing, bottom edge chipped)
14¼in.
Provenance
The Parker Gallery, London, 1956