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AN AMERICAN POWDER HORN
Lot 52

AN AMERICAN POWDER HORN

DATED 1814

Closed12 April 2017

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GBP 500

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AN AMERICAN POWDER HORN
DATED 1814
Incised emblems and decoration, with owner's initials and inscribed 'H.F HIS HORN, MADE IN CHAZY MAY 4 1814 N-Y-S', 'PEACE AND FREE TRADE' and 'DEATH OR LIBERTY', mounted on a Perspex stand
14 ¾ in. (37 cm.) wide

Specialist note

The initials 'H.F' are believed to be those of Henry Fowler, an ancestor of a previous owner.
The date relates to the war fought between Britain and America between 1812 and 1814.