Horn, Powder
- Object Name:
- Horn, Powder
- Object ID:
- 1965.532.06
- Date:
- 1797
- Description:
- Powder Horn. Mottled light brown and yellow horn with tip end light brown. Wide end plugged with flat set-in disc. Tip end plain, stopper missing. Light portion of horn finished with a mouth and sharp teeth that seem to grip the darker, narrower portion. Incised decoration in fine lines of a Phoenix-like eagle, olive branch and arrows in talons with radiating feather design above head. Monogram "AB" intertwined next to eagle's head. Inscribed "B. Bordman Senior / Masco August 15th AD 1797". Pair of iron loops for suspending.
- Material:
- Skeletal
Iron
Horn - Dimensions:
- H-3 W-5 L-11 inches
- Provenance:
- Probably originally owned by Benjamin Boardman (1757-1846) of South Reading, MA and Bridgewater, NH, a younger brother of Amos Bordman (1755-1823) of South Reading, MA. Amos Boardman was the father of Benjamin Bordman (1798-1871) of Concord, NH, educator, lawyer, and member of the New Hampshire Historical Society.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Powder horns, Phoenix (Mythical bird), Eagle, Teeth
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