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

Utterly delightful

you cannot begin to imagine where this object has been

The unusually constructed block frame is primitive but effective

The mouth mechanism is in good working order

in a watch repairers

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