VERY RARE, ANTIQUE Souvenir Pick-up RAM HORN, With Original 1906 Hand-Carved Message to Sweetheart as CHRISTMAS GIFT

DESCRIPTION: Very rare & unusual ANTIQUE RAM/SHEEP HORN, decorated to give to his sweetheart as Christmas gift. Nice heavy horn material, and appears to be what the animal naturally shed or discarded annually, so legal to sell and own (as well as the fact that it is about 115 years old and was picked up naturally in the wilds).

Scans show it all. I have never seen anything like this great antique item. Apparently picked up on a hike or in the woods or mountains, and once belonged to a wild sheep or ram. The finder scrimshawed it with a personal message, then gave it to his sweetheart as a very special Christmas gift. He also added a fine brass chain between the 2 sides for hanging.

Specifically, on one side it is scrimshawed "XMAS, From Byron to Sarah Wainwright, I.T. 1906, Found M.N.E. (or possibly M.I.N.E.?)". On the other side it is scrimshawed in large letters "BRUSH.", as well as a fancy bouquet of flowers. 

This is beautiful and nicely done, from a smooth base edge to a beautiful scrimshaw job capturing the personal sentiment between 2 people so many years ago. Measures 5 1/2" across, almost 8" along its length, with a 2 1/2" oval diameter base. 

VERY nice color and nice aged patina and appearance to the horn and scrimshaw. Excellent condition overall.

UNIQUE AND HAS IT ALL, AN ANTIQUE NATURAL ANIMAL SOUVENIR, A GREAT & NICELY DONE SCRIMSHAWED JOB, A SWEETHEART GIFT, AND A CHRISTMAS GIFT SPECIFICALLY!!!

For the serious collector. YOU WILL NEVER FIND ANOTHER ANTIQUE ITEM LIKE THIS!!

PLEASE SEE ATTACHED PHOTOS!!!

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