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Gunner's powder horn
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
This powder horn is made from an almost complete cow horn. The decoration is fitting: a gunner with a slow match on a staff (linstock) standing by a heavy field cannon. On the other side a deer is fleeing from a hunter with his dogs. The stopper to close the open end of the horn has been lost. Translation of inscription: When I begin to fire, many shall feel my ire.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineGunner’s powder horn. 1580. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
