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Horn: Its History and Its Uses

Adele Schaverien

ISBN 978-0-646-464-305 281 pages

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Illustrated with over 250 b/w and colour photos

Price Cost $110.00 in Australia. Postage and handling $20.00

18^th century pressed horn tobacco box

Horn: Its History and Its Uses ( released internationally) is a reference book for museum curators, antique dealers, collectors, re‑enactment societies, libraries, and those interested in the decorative and applied arts and craftwork.

Horn; Its History and Its Uses includes:

· detailed explanations of how horn was worked and used

· information on hornworkers and their lifestyles over the centuries

· over 250 stunning images, many previously unpublished, from museum and private collections around the world.

‘This volume will be the benchmark guide to horn and its manufacture for many years to come. Not only that, it will transform public understanding and appreciation of a long neglected field of historical material culture studies,’ says Dr. David Gaimster, General Secretary and Chief Executive, Society of Antiquaries of London

Adele Schaverien's twin talents as a practising horner and archivist have combined to make Horn its History and its Uses a book of immense value. It is a comprehensive, authoritative, beautifully illustrated and thoroughly readable account which not only throws light on a neglected subject, but skilfully melds the past with the present. The book will remain the standard work on the history and craft of the horner for generations to come. It will prove an indispensable tool for curators and archaeologists and deserves a place in every museum and public library. Hazel Forsyth, FSA, Senior Curator (Post-Medieval), Museum of London

Colin Williamson, founder member of the Plastics Historical Society and Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Horners wrote: ‘This work is an encyclopaedia, an exhaustive information source on horn, horners and their products. Adele Schaverien has condensed a lifetime of study, research and exploration into 300 highly detailed pages of information, hundreds of notes, references and a bibliography of over 200 other publications. She describes how horn has been transformed by mankind over centuries into objects both of beauty and simple utilitarian, from ornate ceremonial drinking vessels to arrow nocks, and from oriental carvings to lanterns. Above all this is a book celebrating the almost lost craft of the Horner, written by a true enthusiast and scholar. It will become a well-thumbed reference tome on my shelves.’

Adele Schaverien

All enquiries Email: sales@hornhistory-uses.com.au

Phone: 02 9487 4558 In Australia

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