Horn, Powder
- Object Name:
- Horn, Powder
- Object ID:
- 1965.532.12
- Creator:
- Willcock, Dicah (?)
Artist - Date:
- 1750-1800
- Description:
- Powder horn. Light brownish-yellow shading to dark brown at tip end. End shaped with many sides and single raised ring and decorated with hatch marks. Wide end plugged with wood with incised star design around edge. Body of horn decorated with lightly incised carvings of fish, mermaids, and abstract figures, map of a lake, etc. Inscribed "Dicah Willcock his horn", also "Robvt Willes" and "W V". Inscriptions scattered. Good condition except that the stopper is missing.
- Material:
- Skeletal
Horn - Dimensions:
- H-3 W-5.5 L-11.5 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Willcock, Dicah
- Subjects:
- Powder horns, Maps, Mermaids, Fish
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