Shoehorn

Description

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

Museum reference

A.1925.881

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Shoehorn

Production information

Germany, Western Europe

Date

1609

Materials

Cow horn

Physical description

Cow horn; engraved with figure subjects in cartouches, and with fruit and foliage in the interspaces

Associations

Depicted: Creation of Eve
Depicted: Adam and Eve being warned
Depicted: Fall of Man