Antique Folk Art Powder Horn with Carved Heart, Diamonds, Merman, and Birds antique whisk brush I LOVE the figure on

I LOVE the figure on the face of this plate

poems with illustrations

snake-like one is a very old drafting brush

with hand-stitching in navy/black thread visible on the backside holding it together

Antique Folk Art Powder Horn with Carved Heart, Diamonds, Merman, and Birds antique whisk brush I LOVE the figure onNot easy to capture in photos, and takes close looking in person to fully appreciate its attributes, but I love this thing. It's a 19th century folk art decorated powder horn, used for storing and carrying gun powder (end plug clearly long gone.) With a raised heart and a pair of diamonds carved into narrow end, and a merman mermaid of sorts etched into the surface just below, with the corners of diamonds doubling as horns, making the creature look