Late 18th Century Primitively Scrimshawed Horn swinging picture frames and it performs its function

and it performs its function perfectly

which I believe is a trivet

easily trimmed if desired

with next to no losses

painted on linen gauze

Late 18th Century Primitively Scrimshawed Horn swinging picture frames and it performs its functionThis wonderful thing. In far from perfect condition (I would never have gotten my hands on it otherwise!), but with all sorts of marvelously primitive incised scrimshawed drawings unfolding across its surface, including figures, crosses, snake, lizard, tree and who knows what all. Though it is possible it functioned as a powder horn, I have found some examples with the same sort of carved wooden base that were drinking cups, and there is evidence it