Jack the Ripper: A 19thC Horn Beaker; ‘Fair Maid Beware Whitechapel 1888’ sub-Art & Sculpture adorned to the sides

adorned to the sides

and the desperate battle in the atlantic that led

The unusually constructed block frame is primitive but effective

The medieval Latin that we see inscribed here ‘Beata est anima eius' - Blessed is his/her soul' from Ecclesiasticus 34:17

The antlers a have a little movement to them but nothing of major concern

Jack the Ripper: A 19thC Horn Beaker; ‘Fair Maid Beware Whitechapel 1888’ sub-Art & Sculpture adorned to the sidesOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1888 Diameter: 2. 5 Height: 4 The tactile beaker or cup, of typical form, crafted entirely in horn, and primitively engraved with the words fair maid beware whitechapel 1888, surviving from late Victorian England. The piece is in sound overall condition with some chips to the rim and nibbles to the base as photographed. The base shows some further engravings which are hard to