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839591
  • Title
    Powder horn scrimshaw, 1818-
  • Creator
  • Call number
    DR 163
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    1818-
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    839591
  • Physical Description
    1 scrimshaw - 48.6 x 9 cm - powder horn
  • Access Conditions

    Access via appointment
  • Alphanumeric designations

    From 7c(b) -- on the reverse of the original Catalog card
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    Etching of a ship, bird, flag, foot soldier and mounted soldier. Centre front of horn has an heraldic emblem above the Royal Crown of Great Britain and the inscription: "80 G Dens Pack"
    Above base inscription: "Horse Police Goulburn plains Dens Pack Esqr"
    Carved decoration on neck. Serrated edge surrounds wooden base. Emblem of lion surmounting Royal Crown attached to remnant of material on base
    Note written in Sir William Dixson's hand at: Note in folder held by manuscripts cataloguer with uncatalogued Dixson notes -- on the reverse of the Catalog card
  • Date note

    Dated from the year the Goulburn Plains was named by James Meehan
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