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This object is not currently available for viewing. A Narwhal horn with scrimshaw work which reads 'Horn of a Sea Unicorn taken in the Greenland Seas by the ship Britannia 1801' Britannia was a large full-rigged ship build in Bridport, Dorset in 1783 as an Arctic whaler. The Worshipful Company of Horners recrods show that the horn was given to the Company in 1948. This natural plastic item forms part of the Worshipful Company of Horners collection.
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WCHL : 374