Powder Horn

Unknown

1780 · Horn (cow), wood · Arms and Armor

This powder horn is engraved with a three-masted man-of-war, a fish, a mariner's compass, a gun carriage, the sun, the stars and mermaids among other images.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1780

Medium

Horn (cow), wood

Culture

American

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

The Collection of J. H. Grenville Gilbert, of Ware, Massachusetts, Gift of Mrs. Gilbert, 1937