drenc-horn

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drenc-horn, m.n: drinking-horn. (DRENK-HORN / ˈdrɛnk-ˌhɔrn)

A large plaster drinking horn with silver-gilt and niello mounts that consist of bird head terminal with ribbing and a rim band with human and rosette motifs; triangular mounts run along the lower edge of the rim band.
Reconstruction of a drinking horn with the original mounts; England (found at Taplow), 6th-7th centuries; British Museum 1883,1214.20. [britishmuseum.org]

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