SHUTTLEWORTH FAMILY ENGLISH SILVER MOUNTED AND ENGRAVED POWDER HORN.

This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/26/2018

This engraved and silver mounted English horn features anicely inlaid silver oval in the mahogany plug. This oval is inscribed with the Latin phrase "ISTO VELOCIOR VITA" (Here, the faster life). It also displays the crest of the Shuttleworth family, who settled at Gawthorpe, in the county of Lancashire, England as early as 1330. There is a 1/2" arched, silver band around the plug end of the horn. It also has a silver tipped spout that terminates in a sawtooth pattern. There is expanding crosshatching that graduates from the spout, running halfway up the horn, to a carved band. One inch below the butt this band is repeated and is flanked by half circles. This horn is also fitted with two circular, silver mounts. Overall, this horn measures 10 - 1/2 ". Condition: Excellent, with minor abrasions and wear from use.