Horn
- Object Name:
- Horn
- Object ID:
- 2019.029.02
- Date:
- circa 1850
- Description:
- Farmer's horn. Tin. Narrow conical tube with flared bell and mouthpiece. Full-length soldered seam. Strip of paper wrapped and adhered around center point of tube, with faded typescript text: "Farm horn used by Mary Jane / Weston (Howard) in Amherst N. H. / previous to Civil War days. / L.T.H."
- Material:
- Metal
Tin - Dimensions:
- L-15.1 Dia-2.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Used by Mary Jane Weston (1808-1891) of Amherst, NH, mother of Martin P. Weston (1838-1865) and Caroline F. Weston Temple (1836-1917).
L.T.H. is Lyle Temple Hammond (1888-1973), grandson of Caroline and grandfather of the donor. He was blind but learned to type by touch. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Nancy E. Kelley
- People:
- Weston, Mary Jane (1808-1891)
- Subjects:
- Horns, Farm equipment
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