Small knife and fork with cow horn handles and brass mounts, in a sheath

Sgian dubh, a small knife with horn grip and brass mount in leather sheath, probably for wearing in a stocking top with Highland dress: 19th century

Powder-horn made of a large cow's horn, with a silver base-plate engraved with the arms of James Graham, 1st Marquis of Montrose, 17th century

Powder-horn made of flattened cow horn with pewter nozzle mount, decorated with a crowned lion, a unicorn and the initials IF, 1673

Container made from the horn of a cow with ivory inlay, the large end is closed with a ivory disk and the tip has an ivory fitting carved in the shape of a bird's head with flint beak, topped with a spoon : Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Qurna, 2nd Intermediate Period, 17th Dynasty, c.1585-1545 BC

Shoehorn, probably of cow horn, engraved in cartouches with the Creation of Eve, Adam and Eve being warned, and The Fall, with interspaces filled with fruit and foliage: German, dated 1609

Shoehorn, probably of cow horn, engraved with two panels, the lower showing a monk seated on the back of a woman who he is chastising: German or Dutch, after a print by Matthaeus Greutner, c. 1600 or 19th century

Powder horn made from a flattend cow's horn with incised compass work, decorated panels and the initials IL on its wooden base, made in North East Scotland, late 17th century and said to have come from a farm in Glen Prozen, Angus

Powder horn made from a flattend cow's horn, incised and carved on one side with bands of leafwork and interlace and with tow circular compass drawn designs on the other, made in North East Scotland, late 17th century and said to have come from a farm in Glen Prozen, Angus

Powder horn made from a flattened cow's horn and having one suspension loop and a wooden base plate incised with the initials WF, Scottish, late 17th century, found on a farm near Tough

Powder horn, made from a flattened cow's horn, having one suspension loop and missing its base plate, decorated on front with compass work designs and the date 1741, made in north east Scotland, early 18th century

Inkwell of cow horn with inset base and polished bone mouth

Inkwell of cow horn with inset wood base