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[Tobacco] [Hunting] German Stag Horn Snuff Box Carved with Hunting Scenes, ca. 18th Century
[Tobacco] [Hunting] German Stag Horn Snuff Box Carved with Hunting Scenes, ca. 18th Century
[Tobacco] [Hunting] German Stag Horn Snuff Box Carved with Hunting Scenes, ca. 18th Century
[Tobacco] [Hunting] German Stag Horn Snuff Box Carved with Hunting Scenes, ca. 18th Century
[Tobacco] [Hunting] German Stag Horn Snuff Box Carved with Hunting Scenes, ca. 18th Century
[Tobacco] [Hunting] German Stag Horn Snuff Box Carved with Hunting Scenes, ca. 18th Century
[Tobacco] [Hunting] German Stag Horn Snuff Box Carved with Hunting Scenes, ca. 18th Century
[Tobacco] [Hunting] German Stag Horn Snuff Box Carved with Hunting Scenes, ca. 18th Century
[Tobacco] [Hunting] German Stag Horn Snuff Box Carved with Hunting Scenes, ca. 18th Century
[Tobacco] [Hunting] German Stag Horn Snuff Box Carved with Hunting Scenes, ca. 18th Century
[Tobacco] [Hunting]. German Stag Horn Snuff Box Carved with Hunting Scenes, ca. 18th Century.
Snuff box carved out of an antler bone with rather violent hunting scenes of hounds attacking stags. Faux tortoiseshell interior, apparently of dyed organic material, probably moulded horn. Unsigned and undated, probably late 18th or early 19th century, though the figuration strikes us as more in a 17th c. style. 1.5" x 3" x 3". In fine condition, with some dark pitting to the surfaces, particularly the bottom panel, seemingly integral to the material.

The earliest trace of the use of horn as a “natural plastic” to copy tortoise dates back to the 17th century, with horn moldings made by the Englishman John Osborn (1581/4-1634). Horn could be heated and steeped in liquid, and shaped around hot irons to form buttons, combs, knobs and handles in natural colors. John Osborn moved to Amsterdam around 1600 and specialised in pressing horn and baleen using metal molds, methods he patented. In 1725, London became a horn-molding center, with several manufacturers producing snuff boxes, napkin rings, and combs. However, the brightness and transparency of the real scutes could never be obtained.

[Tobacco] [Hunting] German Stag Horn Snuff Box Carved with Hunting Scenes, ca. 18th Century

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[Tobacco] [Hunting]. German Stag Horn Snuff Box Carved with Hunting Scenes, ca. 18th Century.
Snuff box carved out of an antler bone with rather violent hunting scenes of hounds attacking stags. Faux tortoiseshell interior, apparently of dyed organic material, probably moulded horn. Unsigned and undated, probably late 18th or early 19th century, though the figuration strikes us as more in a 17th c. style. 1.5" x 3" x 3". In fine condition, with some dark pitting to the surfaces, particularly the bottom panel, seemingly integral to the material.

The earliest trace of the use of horn as a “natural plastic” to copy tortoise dates back to the 17th century, with horn moldings made by the Englishman John Osborn (1581/4-1634). Horn could be heated and steeped in liquid, and shaped around hot irons to form buttons, combs, knobs and handles in natural colors. John Osborn moved to Amsterdam around 1600 and specialised in pressing horn and baleen using metal molds, methods he patented. In 1725, London became a horn-molding center, with several manufacturers producing snuff boxes, napkin rings, and combs. However, the brightness and transparency of the real scutes could never be obtained.

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