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Description: | A powder horn reputed to have been used in the Boer War, although It seems unlikely that it was issued for active service as such powder horns had probably been superceded by that time. The item is equipped with a sprung lever which would allow a measure of powder to be delivered. This mechanism is mounted on a brass-plated spout, which is joined to a collar and thus to a leather pouch. It has a small metal ring fastener at the base of the pouch which is secured by a tab. The item was probably not military, but may have been used privately, possibly for fowling. It would probably have been used with coarse grain powder such as that used in some fowling guns. Marked '15 3 ozs 1 1/4'.
A powder horn with sprung-lever mechanism. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Walsall Museums | Rights holder: | Walsall Museums | Subjects: | Boer War (1899-1902) Walsall Leather Museum Collection | Temporal: | pre1900 | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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