American Engraved Powder Horn Ft. Ticonderoga 1758
Inscribed, "ISAAC KING HIS HORN / 17858" (identified with Isaac King, 1727-1799, born and died in Suffield, Hartford Co., Ct.) engraved with an outline plan of Ft. Ticonderoga, faintly labeled; a horse in a fenced lot, and stylized plants; thinned and carved cow horn, with traces of green dye, fitted with a wooden butt capp (scratched with the name "J. Brinton," a family member, and a primitive sail boat in profile), 12 3/4 in. L.
Provenance: From the estate of a Maryland collector. Purchased from William Guthman, April, 1981.
Condition Report: The green dye (frequently a fugitive color) has turned brown
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Inscribed, "ISAAC KING HIS HORN / 17858" (identified with Isaac King, 1727-1799, born and died in Suffield, Hartford Co., Ct.) engraved with an outline plan of Ft. Ticonderoga, faintly labeled; a horse in a fenced lot, and stylized plants; thinned and carved cow horn, with traces of green dye, fitted with a wooden butt capp (scratched with the name "J. Brinton," a family member, and a primitive sail boat in profile), 12 3/4 in. L.
Provenance: From the estate of a Maryland collector. Purchased from William Guthman, April, 1981.
Condition Report: The green dye (frequently a fugitive color) has turned brown
