A MID-LATE VICTORIAN SILVER MOUNTED POWDER HORN CRICHTON, EDINBURGH
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A MID-LATE VICTORIAN SILVER MOUNTED POWDER HORN CRICHTON, EDINBURGH the polished flattened cow horn with applied thistle and scroll cartouche, engraved with crest and motto of Sir Archibald Buchan-Hepburn, the wide terminal profusely decorated with embossed trailing thistles and set with paste to centre, the finial set formed as a stylised thistle with faceted amethyst, suspended from a double row fancy link chain
Heraldry: The Crest of Hepburn Crest: A horse argent furnished gules tied to a yew tree proper Motto: Keep tryste Note: It is believed that this powder flask was in the possession of Sir Archibald Buchan-Hepburn (born 12th March 1852 died 17th May 1929), the 4th Baronet of Smeaton Hepburn in the County of Haddingdonshire. Sir Archibald was educated at Glenalmond and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was later admitted as a Barrister of Law at the Inner Temple in 1877 and served as a Justice of the Peace, Deputy Lieutenant and Convenor for and of the County of Haddingdonshire.
Heraldry: The Crest of Hepburn Crest: A horse argent furnished gules tied to a yew tree proper Motto: Keep tryste Note: It is believed that this powder flask was in the possession of Sir Archibald Buchan-Hepburn (born 12th March 1852 died 17th May 1929), the 4th Baronet of Smeaton Hepburn in the County of Haddingdonshire. Sir Archibald was educated at Glenalmond and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was later admitted as a Barrister of Law at the Inner Temple in 1877 and served as a Justice of the Peace, Deputy Lieutenant and Convenor for and of the County of Haddingdonshire.
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A MID-LATE VICTORIAN SILVER MOUNTED POWDER HORN CRICHTON, EDINBURGH
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