Horn, Powder
- Object Name:
- Horn, Powder
- Object ID:
- 1974.058
- Creator:
- Estabrook, Joseph -- Artist
- Date:
- 1774
- Description:
- Powder horn. Brass collar at base, engraved in script, "Joseph Esterbrooks His Horn A D 1774". Small end carved with diamonds and wrapped with copper wire. Convex wooden plug in large end. Large metal staple for strap, inserted through collar into plug. No stopper in small end.
- Material:
- Skeletal
Horn
Metal
Brass
Copper - Dimensions:
- L-16.5 Dia-3.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Owned by Capt. Joseph Estabrook, born 1741, Mansfield, CT. Settled in Lebanon, NH, after 1773. Died during the Revolution. Donated by a descendant.
Joseph Estabrook (variously spelled Estabrooks, Eastebrooks, and Easterbrooks in Revolutionary records), was a captain in Bedel's N.H. Rangers. He was taken prisoner at the Battle of the Cedars near Montreal in May 1776, and died of smallpox, June 15, 1776. - Credit Line:
- Gift of James C. McCoy
- People:
- Estabrook, Joseph (1741-1776)
- Subjects:
- Powder horns, Revolutionary War
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