cornucopia (2) - Bone, Brass, Bronze - c. 1880

Beautiful horns of plenty, encased in bronze and copper frames. Frame is beautifully decorated with floral elements. The Cornucopia (‘cornu’ is horn and ‘copia’ is stock in Latin) is also known as the Horn of Plenty. This legendary object, which (as the name suggests) offered abundance, originally stems from Greek mythology. According to myth, the Cornucopia is the horn of the goat Amalthea that nursed Zeus on Crete. By way of thanks, Zeus put her in the sky as a constellation and her horn granted the keeper of it everything he or she desired. Will be carefully and shipped registered. Photos complete this description.