LOT OF FOURTEEN POWDER HORNS INCLUDES SOME CARVED AND SOME SCRIMSHAWED AND TWO SHOT POUCHES.

LOT OF FOURTEEN POWDER HORNS INCLUDES SOME CARVED AND SOME SCRIMSHAWED AND TWO SHOT POUCHES. This lot consists of fourteen cow’s horn powder horns of various sizes & colors with some showing great age and fine carving. One is a Naval horn with macrame band and wonderful macrame buttcap. Another unusual one is a rare elliptical shape with a sharp top edge and carved spout and notches, and bold-carved wooden buttplate with scrimshaw initials on the horn. Another with a relief-carved horn rib spiraling around the entire surface of the horn, ending with a carved wooden spout, the early wooden buttplug with 18th c. seraph-style initials “AS”. The horn also with a simple scroll incise scrim decoration (2″ crack). Still another has very decorative raised carved ridges with a faceted middle section and numerous small decorative brass pin inlays and delicate, intricate scrim swag design. Another has a very nicely carved tip with numerous brass tack inlays both near the butt and near the center of the horn. The largest is a Revolutionary War-era scrimmed Pennsylvania German type with incised scrimmed tulip, scrolling vine, and leaf decoration over the entire length of the horn. A full length banner reads “GEORGE CLAPPER OCTOBER 6 1776”. The spout is carved and the butt fitted with a domed wooden plug. There are four flat horns with carved & incised decorations, smaller types probably for wheelocks or matchlocks. One is unusual in that it has 4 flat sides, square and tapering in form with a carved spout fitted with an ebony plug. Incised scrim design on one side depicts and early 3-story house, outbuilding, and figure. Another side depicts 3 sailing ships, a lighthouse, and lighthouse keeper’s house. The butt fitted with a square-carved wooden plug having a carved star. Another flat priming horn incised scrim carving featuring a Pennsylvania hex sign on one side, also repeated on the reverse side with a thistle, together with other incise decorative carving. Another similar sized flat priming horn with nicely-scrimmed design on either side of the base. The butt fitted with a piece of horn and the tip with carved stem. Horn has 2″ crack on the back and some chips on the butt. The smallest flat horn may actually be a snuff horn. It has a hinged horn butt, scroll design on either side of the flat side near the base, and a nickel silver spout that would dispense only a measured, small portion of its contents. Also a nicely-carved, European high-relief horn with deep relief carving depicting a running stag, scrolled foliage, and ornate initials which appear to be “WAG”??, fitted with a horn buttplug and having a carved faceted tip with missing screw plug. Remaining horns include a small, early cow priming horn and two simple horns, one fitted with intricate design brass buttplug and having a metal spring dispenser. One shot flask is very simple linen cloth, string wrapped around a lead spout with carved wooden plug and the other is modern 2-tone cowhide. CONDITION: Other than as noted above, generally good. 4-31777 JJ61 (2,000-4,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2008

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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	1481	$1,200.00	LOT OF FOURTEEN POWDER HORNS INCLUDES SOME CARVED AND SOME SCRIMSHAWED AND TWO SHOT POUCHES. This lot consists of fourteen cow’s horn powder horns of various sizes & colors with some showing great age and fine carving. One is a Naval horn with macrame band and wonderful macrame buttcap. Another unusual one is a rare elliptical shape with a sharp top edge and carved spout and notches, and bold-carved wooden buttplate with scrimshaw initials on the horn. Another with a relief-carved horn rib spiraling around the entire surface of the horn, ending with a carved wooden spout, the early wooden buttplug with 18th c. seraph-style initials “AS”. The horn also with a simple scroll incise scrim decoration (2″ crack). Still another has very decorative raised carved ridges with a faceted middle section and numerous small decorative brass pin inlays and delicate, intricate scrim swag design. Another has a very nicely carved tip with numerous brass tack inlays both near the butt and near the center of the horn. The largest is a Revolutionary War-era scrimmed Pennsylvania German type with incised scrimmed tulip, scrolling vine, and leaf decoration over the entire length of the horn. A full length banner reads “GEORGE CLAPPER OCTOBER 6 1776”. The spout is carved and the butt fitted with a domed wooden plug. There are four flat horns with carved & incised decorations, smaller types probably for wheelocks or matchlocks. One is unusual in that it has 4 flat sides, square and tapering in form with a carved spout fitted with an ebony plug. Incised scrim design on one side depicts and early 3-story house, outbuilding, and figure. Another side depicts 3 sailing ships, a lighthouse, and lighthouse keeper’s house. The butt fitted with a square-carved wooden plug having a carved star. Another flat priming horn incised scrim carving featuring a Pennsylvania hex sign on one side, also repeated on the reverse side with a thistle, together with other incise decorative carving. Another similar sized flat priming horn with nicely-scrimmed design on either side of the base. The butt fitted with a piece of horn and the tip with carved stem. Horn has 2″ crack on the back and some chips on the butt. The smallest flat horn may actually be a snuff horn. It has a hinged horn butt, scroll design on either side of the flat side near the base, and a nickel silver spout that would dispense only a measured, small portion of its contents. Also a nicely-carved, European high-relief horn with deep relief carving depicting a running stag, scrolled foliage, and ornate initials which appear to be “WAG”??, fitted with a horn buttplug and having a carved faceted tip with missing screw plug. Remaining horns include a small, early cow priming horn and two simple horns, one fitted with intricate design brass buttplug and having a metal spring dispenser. One shot flask is very simple linen cloth, string wrapped around a lead spout with carved wooden plug and the other is modern 2-tone cowhide. CONDITION: Other than as noted above, generally good. 4-31777 JJ61 (2,000-4,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2008 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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