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Lot 690
A Revolutionary War Era Carved Powder Horn,
Length 12 1/4 inches.
Sale 231 - Fine Furniture and Decorative Arts
Feb 10, 2013
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$2,000 -
4,000
Price Realized
$22,500
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Lot Description
A Revolutionary War Era Carved Powder Horn,
having folk art decoration throughout, depicting soldiers, a hound chasing stags, a porcupine, various dogs, a mythical beast and trees, inscribed John Frost, His Horn Made at Cambridg, by Jacob Gay Janu.r 5, 1776, further decorated with the Royal Coat of Arms, centered with the text Cambridg Collidge . By . Jacob Gay and bearing the motto Success To America.
Length 12 1/4 inches.