American New England Wood and Leather Mounted Engraved Powder Horn
American New England Wood and Leather Mounted Engraved Powder Horn American New England Wood and Leather Mounted Engraved Powder Horn American New England Wood and Leather Mounted Engraved Powder Horn American New England Wood and Leather Mounted Engraved Powder Horn American New England Wood and Leather Mounted Engraved Powder Horn American New England Wood and Leather Mounted Engraved Powder Horn American New England Wood and Leather Mounted Engraved Powder Horn American New England Wood and Leather Mounted Engraved Powder Horn American New England Wood and Leather Mounted Engraved Powder Horn American New England Wood and Leather Mounted Engraved Powder Horn American New England Wood and Leather Mounted Engraved Powder Horn American New England Wood and Leather Mounted Engraved Powder Horn American New England Wood and Leather Mounted Engraved Powder Horn American New England Wood and Leather Mounted Engraved Powder Horn American New England Wood and Leather Mounted Engraved Powder Horn American New England Wood and Leather Mounted Engraved Powder Horn American New England Wood and Leather Mounted Engraved Powder Horn American New England Wood and Leather Mounted Engraved Powder Horn American New England Wood and Leather Mounted Engraved Powder Horn American New England Wood and Leather Mounted Engraved Powder Horn American New England Wood and Leather Mounted Engraved Powder Horn American New England Wood and Leather Mounted Engraved Powder Horn American New England Wood and Leather Mounted Engraved Powder Horn American New England Wood and Leather Mounted Engraved Powder Horn American New England Wood and Leather Mounted Engraved Powder Horn American New England Wood and Leather Mounted Engraved Powder Horn American New England Wood and Leather Mounted Engraved Powder Horn
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American New England Wood and Leather Mounted Engraved Powder Horn

DETAILS
An antique gunpowder container crafted of bone with engravings, a wood plug and leather strap. Decorative scenes and animals include: a frigate ship, a beaver, a hunter with a rifle crouched behind a blind, a long farm fence with a bull, a fox, birds, a figure standing with a bow and arrow, a horse, a deer, a dog and an American flag topped by an eagle.
STYLE
Folk Art
PLACE OF ORIGIN
Hingham, Massachusetts, United States
MAKER
Davis J. Whiting (American)
LITERATURE
Thomas Tracy Bouve, et al., History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts, p. 112. There is a Davis J. Whiting listed as a school teacher (1839-40) in Hingham.
MARKS
Engraved: Davis J. Whiting - Hingham MASS - 1833
PERIOD
Early 19th century
DATE
Dated 1833
DIMENSIONS
Width 13.25 Depth 6.5 Height 4 inches
Wood plug: Width 3.5 Depth 2.5 inches
CONDITION
Note: some cracks, chips.
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