Lot 1509

An American Engraved Powder Horn, Albany, c. 1760

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American Engraved Powder Horn, Philadelphia, 1775: Inscribed "JOHANN / REGS ESQR. / II PA Rgt. / 1775" (identified with John Rex, 1741-1802, resident of Germantown) further engraved with a view of Philadelphia as seen from the river, with a ship and w

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American Engraved Powder Horn, Fort Edward, c.1759: Inscribed, "IoHN LoCKe / NSIN / IAMES LoCK AT / SEC BROCK HIS / EHORN iGTON / IOHN LOCK WIFE / MOLY LOCK" (identified with Ensign, later 2nd Lt. James Locke, 1729-1808, a militiaman from Hopkinton, Mi

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An American Engraved Powder Horn, Albany, c. 1760

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Description

Inscribed with the initials "E. L. R." near the butt, and with incised initials "W B" on the wooden butt cover (owner unidentified, appears to be French and Indian War period, c.1760) the wider part of the horn engraved all around with a stylized view of the town of Albany, a sailboat, birds, and stylized plants; cow horn, left thicker at the butt end, fitted with a domed wooden cover on the butt, centering a post and loop suspender, 8 in. L.
Provenance: From the estate of a Maryland collector. Purchased from William Guthman, October 1989. Together with some documentation.

Condition

A crack extends from the butt most of the way to the mouth

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An American Engraved Powder Horn, Albany, c. 1760

Name: An American Engraved Powder Horn, Albany, c. 1760
SKU: 174244650
Price: 700 USD
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