Horn, Powder
- Object Name:
- Horn, Powder
- Object ID:
- 1922.003
- Creator:
- Calfe, John (1741-1808)
- Place of Origin:
- Mount Independence, Orwell, VT
- Date:
- 1777
- Description:
- Powder Horn. Yellow horn, dark gray at small end, which is carved abruptly narrower than body, carved, raised neck, stopper missing. Wide end contains a mirror surrounded by a wooden rim. Fine and masterful line carving over entire horn, flowers and shell forms against hatch background, vines, geometrical stars within circles, two chimneys, house, inscription and detailed map of Mount Independence and Fort Ticonderoga with surrounding area. Inscription: "WHAT I CONTAIN SHALL FREELY GO: TO BRING A HAUGHTY TYRANT LOW. / JOHN:CALFE. / HIS HORN, MADE AT / Mount Independence, Apl 1777."
- Material:
- Skeletal
Wood
Glass - Dimensions:
- H-3.5 W-6 L-14 inches
- Provenance:
- Belonged to John Calfe (1741-1808) of Hampstead, NH, and may have been made by him. Calfe's diary, reprinted in H. E. Noyes, A MEMORIAL OF THE TOWN OF HAMPSTEAD, v. 1, pp. 288-94, recounts his journey to Ticonderoga, his four-month stay across the river at Mount Independence, and the general retreat that followed.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Lizzie E. Crowther
- People:
- Calfe, John (1741-1808)
- Subjects:
- Powder horns, Revolutionary War
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