Original British Victorian 19th Hussars Named Horse Hoof Silver Inkwell from Sudan Mahdist War - Dated 1885 German Decals The top of the barrel

The top of the barrel is marked Mle 1873 and the side of the barrel is marked S

This allows the frizzen to be charged leaving the frizzen in the open/fired position but leaving the pan powder protected and dry

Much like our European cousins in the 1880s

It saw service in WW1

Airborne Command

Original British Victorian 19th Hussars Named Horse Hoof Silver Inkwell from Sudan Mahdist War - Dated 1885 German Decals The top of the barrelOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Is it only Englishmen who care so much for their dogs and their horses? Here is a typical Victorian Officer's Military Ink Well made out of his horse's hoof. It is Engraved on the top: 19TH HUSSARS FANNY. JULY 26TH 1885. CARRIED LT. COL. P. H. S. BARROW IN THE SUDAN Lieutenant Colonel Percy Harry Stanley BARROW of the 19th Hussars fought at the Battle of Tel el Kebir in the Anglo Egyptian War in 1882, and again at the