CIRCA 1760
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A RARE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR COLONIAL MAP POWDER-HORN
CIRCA 1760
OF COW-HORN WITH BALUSTER SPOUT, AND WOODEN BASE PLUG THREADED FOR A STOPPER (MISSING), THE BODY PROFESSIONALLY ENGRAVED WITH A DETAILED MAP OF WATERWAYS FROM NEW YORK TO CANADA INCLUDING THE NORTH (HUDSON) RIVER, WITH HOUSES, FORTS, CHURCHES, AND SAILING VESSELS, WITH VIEWS INCLUDING NEW YORK, ALBANY, QUBECK (SIC) AND MONTERAYAL (SIC), THE INNER CURVE WITH CENTRAL BRITISH ROYAL ARMS, THE DETAILS OF THE ENGRAVING HEIGHTENED IN RED THROUGHOUT (LOBES MISSING FROM BASE)
11¾IN. (30.2CM.)
FOR SIMILAR POWDER-HORNS SEE HERBERT G. HOUZE, THE SUMPTUOUS FLASK, CODY, WYOMING, 1989, NO. 36, AND STEPHEN V. GRANCSAY, AMERICAN ENGRAVED POWDER HORNS, PENNSYLVANIA, 1976, PP. 24-5, PLATE III, NO.S 26-7
CIRCA 1760
OF COW-HORN WITH BALUSTER SPOUT, AND WOODEN BASE PLUG THREADED FOR A STOPPER (MISSING), THE BODY PROFESSIONALLY ENGRAVED WITH A DETAILED MAP OF WATERWAYS FROM NEW YORK TO CANADA INCLUDING THE NORTH (HUDSON) RIVER, WITH HOUSES, FORTS, CHURCHES, AND SAILING VESSELS, WITH VIEWS INCLUDING NEW YORK, ALBANY, QUBECK (SIC) AND MONTERAYAL (SIC), THE INNER CURVE WITH CENTRAL BRITISH ROYAL ARMS, THE DETAILS OF THE ENGRAVING HEIGHTENED IN RED THROUGHOUT (LOBES MISSING FROM BASE)
11¾IN. (30.2CM.)
FOR SIMILAR POWDER-HORNS SEE HERBERT G. HOUZE, THE SUMPTUOUS FLASK, CODY, WYOMING, 1989, NO. 36, AND STEPHEN V. GRANCSAY, AMERICAN ENGRAVED POWDER HORNS, PENNSYLVANIA, 1976, PP. 24-5, PLATE III, NO.S 26-7