19th C. Carved Powder Horn of Samuel D. Lane, Hampton, New Hampshire, with Handwritten Text Herend Hungary Sold as a set of

Sold as a set of 12

To my eye a total charmer

Not your garden variety bunny

but I think this one is especially excellent for the quality of the painting on her face especially--to me she looks almost as if she just just stepped out of early 19th century painting

so I suppose she might just be doing her morning exercises

19th C. Carved Powder Horn of Samuel D. Lane, Hampton, New Hampshire, with Handwritten Text Herend Hungary Sold as a set ofI found this one in New Hampshire about 25 miles from North Hampton, the home of the Samuel D. Lane who signed it, close to two centuries ago I believe. I've seen powder horns carved into like scrimshaw (which I always covet) and plenty with hand carved wooden plugs at both ends, but I've never seen one (beautifully) signed on a circle of laid paper, with hand cut glass over top. I presume it was done as a sort of commemoration by Lane himself, I