Lot 187
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AN ENGRAVED VERSE POWDER HORN

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AN ENGRAVED VERSE POWDER HORN
BY MOSES WRIGHT, FORT NUMBER 4, CHARLESTOWN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1758
Decorated with a register of marching soldiers above a row of buildings and elaborate foliate and tulip motifs, with the rhyme: "When Bows and spears ware usd in fight, Tware Nerveous Limbs Declared A Man of Might, But Now Gunpowber scorns such strength To own, And Herows Not By Limbs But soules are shown," and inscribed "Moses Wright, No. 4, January 26, 1758," the spout faceted (small loss to tip of spout)--13in. long

Lot Essay

This horn appears to have been carved by the Lake George/Lake Champlain School. Fort Number 4 was located at Charlestown, New Hampshire, on the Connecticut River. For a discussion of this school see William H. Guthman, "Powder Horns of the French and Indian War, 1755-1763," Antiques (August, 1978), pp. 312-331.