American Engraved Pocket Powder Horn, Pennsylvania
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Description
Initialed "MR" the R backwards (unidentified Pennsylvania Dutch, Revolutionary War era) engraved with a soldier in profile, wearing tricorn hat; guns and other weapons; a man leading a horse; a heart and stylized tulips; flattened cow horn with stylized animal head carved near the spout, fitted with a wooden butt cap secured with brads, and a horse-shoe nail for suspension, 7 3/4 in. L.
Provenance: From the estate of a Maryland collector. Purchased at an auction in Boonsboro, MD., 1994.
Provenance: From the estate of a Maryland collector. Purchased at an auction in Boonsboro, MD., 1994.
Condition
Warping and the start of a crack in unengraved area on one side. Some damage from horn worms, notably affecting the soldier's torso
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American Engraved Pocket Powder Horn, Pennsylvania
Estimate $800 - $1,200
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