A Fine Pair of Silver Mounted Wild Boar Tusks, Ceylon, Sri Lanka c.1886

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A Fine Pair of Silver Mounted Wild Boar Tusks, Ceylon, Sri Lanka c.1886Origin: Sri Lankan Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1886 Width: 5 inches Depth: 4 inches The late nineteenth century wild boar (Sus scrofa cristatus) tusks hunted in Ceylon in 1886 and later mounted in the Edwardian period in silver and hallmarked for Horton & Allday, Birmingham in the year 1910. The inscription to the mount reads BOAR TUSHES CEYLON 1886 H. D. D. TO E. J. XMAS 1910. Clearly presented as a Christmas gift

with some general wear commensurate with age

Vitriol was widely considered the most important alchemical substance

as the stoat

with a wide screen resting on two feet

The designs of modern Qum rugs are often copied from old ones in museums or private collections

having the original ebonised knob handles

Owned by the White Star Line

flag to forty-six with the thirteen stripes representing the thirteen original colonies

The nylon canopy stretched over the Fox patent U-shape frame

As functional and attractive as ever

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Her reign of 63 years and 7 months