Powder Horn

Description: Powder horn with initials of owner 'T.C' cut in oak bottom. Given to Mr Lace by 'Juan a Faowyr' (Faragher) who lived in the old thatched house, now ruined, at the west side of the Mill dam at The Lhen.

A powder horn was a container for gunpowder, and was generally created from cow or ox horn.

Measurements: overall: 15.5 x 7 x 3 cm

Materials: Horn

Object name: powder horn

Collection: Social History Collection

ID Number: 1954-5357

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