Horn, Powder
- Object Name:
- Horn, Powder
- Object ID:
- 1965.532.15
- Creator:
- Nielsen, David
Artist - Date:
- circa 1795
- Description:
- Powder horn. Light yellow horn, darker at either end, both of which are carved to be narrower than center. Wide end plugged with rounded piece of wood once charred or painted back. Tip end carved with groove for carrying thong. Stopper missing. Central portion decorated with incised drawing of a bastioned fort with cannon shooting from four openings and three-story, two-chimney building inside, next to which is a two-stage flagpole with large flag. Inscribed: "Joseph Dennison / His horn / Made by David Nilesing / Gave to Stratten Conkling Feb. 10 1796", and below and to one side: "Lewis Smith / His horn / June 20th 1797".
- Material:
- Skeletal
Horn - Dimensions:
- H-2.5 W-3.5 L-13 inches
- Provenance:
- A Joseph Dennison who would have been of age to have used this horn is Joseph Dennison, MD, son of James and Eunice Stanton Dennisson, born in Stonington, CT, in 1774. Studied medicine with Dr. Gallup of Vermont. Resident of Bethel, VT, m. Rachael Chase of Cornish, NH, in 1802. Lived in Royalton, VT, 1815-1855.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Conkling, Stratton, Dennison, Joseph, Nielsen, David, Nielson, David, Nilesing, David, Smith, Lewis
- Subjects:
- Forts, Powder horns, Fish, Cannons, Flags
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