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Powder horn

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Object Place: Europe, England

Medium/Technique Horn, mahogany
Dimensions 26.67 cm (10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Mrs. Stephen S. FitzGerald
Accession Number64.1904
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture

DescriptionTurned tip, base colored with mahogany. Engraved PBrown in banner over royal arms and supporters, below motto scroll are geometric designs over windmill and building in landscape.
ProvenanceBy 1964, Agnes Blake (Mrs. Stephen S.) FitzGerald (b. 1876), Boston; 1964, bequest of Mrs. Fitzgerald to the MFA. (Accession date: October 13, 1964)