Original British Early 19th Century Named & Hand Carved Scrimshaw Cowhorn Powder Horn with Carved Flint Pocket & Provenance Note - Dated 1839

Original Item. One-of-a-Kind. This lovely Scrimshaw powder horn looks to have been signed by its maker, William Emberly, who served aboard the ships Syren & Poole around 1839 as is carved below his name. There is a provenance note stuck to the horn which states this horn was carried by “Grand Papp” Billy Em- Twice around Cape Horn, meaning Emberly took at least two long journeys around the southern tip of South America. The horn is carved with several depictions of ships, houses, animals, and plants. The horn is absent its wooden plug in base (wide end) but is a delight just the way it is. There is still the original ring for the strap at the wooden base, next to the flint pocket. Something we’ve only seen once before, this soldier carved a slit in the wooden base for placement and storage of flints for his musket. A very ingenious design element. The horn measures roughly 11½” long. We have found mention of the ship Poole in an 1833 newspaper, arriving in Fanny, Lockyer, Newfoundl