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American Engraved Powder Horn, Saml Fletcher, 1761
Estimate:
$4,000 - $5,000
Sold
$2,000
Live Auction
April 6th, 2024 Gallery Auction l Paintings, Furniture, Decorative Arts, and Fine Rugs
Category
Description
Inscribed "EAGE + 16 + 1761 + MAR + 15 / GRAFTON : M : 15 / 1761 + SAMUEL + FLETCH / ER, HIS + HORN + 1 + 5/0" (identified with Samuel Fletcher, 1744-1814, of Grafton, Mass., and Windham Co., Vt., served as sergeant in Mass. militia at Battle of Bunker Hill, commanded a company at Ticonderoga, Battle of Bennington, was a Brigadier General in Vermont militia at end of war) engraved all around with three house facades, a wooded enclosure, and a forest scene with three turkeys; cow horn, with wooden butt plate secured with brads and centering a wire staple, 8 5/8 in. L. With a custom-made iron stand.
Condition
The spout portion of the horn cut off at the step-down. Wear associated with use in the field and age. The wooden butt plate heavily weathered
Provenance
From the estate of a Maryland collector. Purchased from William Guthman, August, 2002. Together with copies of various documentation.
