Powder Pear - France / Europe

Old powder pear. Coconut shell deeply engraved with foliage and hunting objects, it ends with a zoomorphic head with two inlaid mother-of-pearl eyes. The mouth is formed or covered with a silver metal plate engraved with the name of its owner “de Juvigny”. A cartouche on the top of the gourd represents the tools of the hunt: arrows in a quiver, sword, sickle, etc., crowned with a sacred heart with four flames. Very beautiful and old brown patina. Carries an old copper pellet with the N°167. The coat of arms of the Juvigny family: "Azure with a lion rampant Or langued Gules, accompanied by three flames of the same".

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