Original British Victorian 11th Light Dragoons Named Horse Hoof Inkwell from the 2nd Anglo-Sikh War - Dated 1848 French Artwork & Posters said cup being recessed at

said cup being recessed at 12 a handle pivoted in said recess and adapted to be turned down and to conform to the bottom of the cup

The hilt is in great shape

but a very few somehow escaped the conversion

The big push to convert flintlock muskets to percussion was really initiated by the East India Company in the early 1830s

the English PDSA (People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals) Dickin bronze Medal

Original British Victorian 11th Light Dragoons Named Horse Hoof Inkwell from the 2nd Anglo-Sikh War - Dated 1848 French Artwork & Posters said cup being recessed atOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This is a quality Hallmarked Silver mounted Inkwell made from a Horse's Hoof, the mount ZEPHYR of Lieutenant Colonel Sir William HAVELOCK, who lived from 1793 1848. He was leading the 14th Light Dragoons in the Charge at the battle of RAMNAGAR on November 22nd 1848, during the 2nd Anglo Sikh War. Sadly Lt. Colonel Havelock and his horse were killed in this battle. As often happened, a hoof of his mount "ZEPHYR" was