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powder horn, scrimshaw

human history
  • Other Name

    scrimshaw powder horn (alternative)

    58th Rutlandshire Regt / SIR WILLIAM HOPE (associated name)

  • Description

    58th Regiment scrimshaw powder horn [circa 1850s]

    bullock horn with removable stopper and base, engraved illustrations include 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment shako plate or shoulder belt badge with battle honours, names "SIR WILLIAM / HOPE" and "E.M.KENNA", portrait of a woman holding rose, shamrocks and thistle, portrait of kilted soldier holding sword and musket, sailing vessels and anchor, castle with "GIBRALTAR" below

    horn has wooden plug with small handle attached and tip of horn screws off, stopper has faceted sides with illustration of rose on one surface

  • Place
    [New Zealand]
  • Associated Place

    New Zealand

  • Accession Number
    1965.78.36
  • Accession Date
    29 Oct 1965
  • Other Id

    col.0360 (colonial)

    ocm0167 (old colonists museum)

  • Department

    History

    War History

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  • horn, powder, 1965.75.458, col.0150, ocm1590, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • horn, powder, 1965.75.458, col.0150, ocm1590, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • horn, powder, 1965.75.458, col.0150, ocm1590, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • horn, powder, 1965.75.458, col.0150, ocm1590, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • horn, powder, 1965.75.458, col.0150, ocm1590, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • horn, powder, 1965.75.458, col.0150, ocm1590, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • horn, powder, 1965.75.458, col.0150, ocm1590, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • horn, powder, 1965.75.458, col.0150, ocm1590, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • horn, powder, 1965.75.458, col.0150, ocm1590, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • horn, powder, 1965.75.458, col.0150, ocm1590, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • horn, powder, 1965.75.458, col.0150, ocm1590, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • horn, powder, 1965.75.458, col.0150, ocm1590, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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