Horn, Powder
- Object Name:
- Horn, Powder
- Object ID:
- 1965.532.09
- Creator:
- Shaw, Joshua
Artist - Date:
- 1767
- Description:
- Powder horn. Resembles a flask, of golden horn, oval in section and quite flat. Larger end plugged with sheet of bluish glass under which is mounted a paper inscribed in ink "Joshua Shaw / his horn 1767". Irregular triangle of wood forming spout mounted in other end. Body of horn carved on one side with all-over pattern of grapes, leaves and flowers, reverse compass circles, edges heavy scrolls. No stopper.
- Material:
- Skeletal
Horn - Dimensions:
- H-1.5 W-3.25 L-7.25 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Shaw, Joshua
- Subjects:
- Powder horns
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