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Great Scrimshaw Carved American Powder Horn with Exceptional Patriotic Motifs, Circa 1812...
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For color, quality, and overall appeal, a truly exceptional American powder horn.
Great Scrimshaw Carved American Powder Horn with Exceptional Patriotic Motifs, Circa 1812 9½" with upper quarter stepped down with delicate chip carved serration at the edge. Graceful curve, superb color, completely untouched. Clearly the work of an experienced and highly skilled craftsman. The scrimshaw decoration is highlighted by an exquisitely detailed American eagle with shield on its breast and snake in its beak, a circle containing the motto E Pluribus Unum with eighteen stars in the center. The fact that the carver clearly appropriated space to accommodate additional stars would indicate that the horn dates to 1812 when Louisiana became the eighteenth state. Indiana entered the Union as the nineteenth state in 1816. There are additional representations of a running stag, a dog, a sun and moon and a town with a church and steeple at the top. All work of the finest quality but with a charming folk art flavor. Further embellishments include scroll work with hearts. These scrolls are reminiscent of the embryonic bird designs often encountered in the engraving and carving on Pennsylvania rifles of the period. American walnut butt neatly held in place with iron brads. Retains the original iron staple for suspension. The spout, which actually appears to retain the original wooden stopper, was partially splintered, obviously during the period of use, and repaired with a pewter reinforcing band.Auction Info
2009 July Grand Format Arms & Militaria Auction #6023 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
July, 2009
25th
Saturday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 3
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