South African White Rhinoceros Horn desk weight (1800 to 1900 South Africa / England )

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Rhinoceros Horn / Silver Mounts

‘Bua River , Nyasaland 1896’ The silver with an English hallmark for London 1905

PRE: 1947 date line

Nyasaland was a protectorate of the republic of South Africa and is now known as the Republic of Malawi .
The white rhinoceros is the largest living land animal after the elephant and is the most numerous of all the species of rhino . The front horn can reach 1.3 metres ( 4½ feet ) in length and the rear one 40 cm ( 16 ins ) . The horn is made of a hair like material , keratin , and is today in intense demand for traditional Chinese medicines . Its numbers have rapidly declined over the past 200 years and under modern conservation programs the white and black rhinoceros’s horns are quickly and painlessly cut off under an anaesthetic , thereby removing the main target of the poachers.

THIS ITEM IS SOLD

WE ARE ALWAYS INTERESTED IN ACQUIRING GOOD OLD (pre: 1947) RHINOCEROS HORNS (MOUNTED i.e on original shields with dates etc.) FROM KNOWN OLD COLLECTIONS / COLLECTOR'S
Turned rhino horn objects and carved rhino horn cups/ vessels / walking canes / knop kerries (throwing clubs) are always required

South African White Rhinoceros Horn desk weight , mounted in silver , inscribed : ‘Bua River , Nyasaland 1896’ The silver with an English hallmark for London 1905
19 th / 20 th Century

Size : 25.5 cm high , 9 cm dia. – 10 ins high , 3½ ins dia.