Horn, Powder
- Object Name:
- Horn, Powder
- Object ID:
- 1941.002
- Creator:
- Cutts, Samuel
- Date:
- 1790
- Description:
- Powder horn. Whitish horn, black at narrow end, with two light carved and raised bands. Wide end plugged with wood with brass loop mounted in center and carved initials "J x W / 1840". Narrow end is mounted in a brass collar with toothed end and shaped wooden plug. Carved teeth where the light and dark horn meet. Incised band of foliage around large end. Skillful incised drawing of Fort William and Mary, and a brief history of the Fort's capture; elevation drawing with inscription below, "FORT WILLIAM AND MARY / PORTSMOUTH N.H. / 1774 / CAPTAIN COCHRAN IN COMMAND / AND CAPTURED BY MAJOR JOHN SULLIVAN / CAPTAIN JOHN LANGDON WITH 400 MEN / THEY TOOK AWAY 98 BARRELS OF POWDER / 16 BRASS CANNON / & 100 MUSKETS / DEC. 15th 1774." And separately, "SAMUEL CUTTS / 1790 / HIS HORN".
- Material:
- Skeletal
Horn - Dimensions:
- H-3 W-4 L-10.75 inches
- Provenance:
- The horn was purchased by the donor, Charles H. Batchelder, Portsmouth, NH, from George A. Livesey, 268 Broad Street, Providence, RI, in 1940.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Charles H. Batchelder
- People:
- Cutts, Samuel
- Subjects:
- Powder horns, Revolutionary War, Fort William and Mary
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