The decorative artistry and intricate carvings on this Revolutionary War powder horn aren’t the only things that make it special. The horn was owned by African-American soldier Gershom Prince and ...
A Berkshire Eagle reader presented a mystery: What did his ancestor carve on a powder horn in 1776? Before we consider what Benjamin Markham, of Tyringham, carved, we might clear up two other ...
Long before cell phones held all of our photos and stored calendars for meetings, there was a primitive, but equally as personal object: the carved powder horn. This weekend, an exhibit opens at the ...
The powder horn is adorned with ornate carvings that date from the French & Indian Wars The horn was a presentation piece by a British soldier to a member of the Iroquois Confederacy A soldier, John ...
A powder horn with scrimshaw decorations. The powder horn shaft is made from cow horn. On one side of the horn's base, there is an engraved illustration of a seated African American officer smoking a ...
The most successful collectors aren’t trendy. They seek no approval except their own and keep quiet about what they’re buying to have the field all to themselves. Then, a decade or more later, when ...
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A rare powder horn that belonged to an African American soldier killed in the Revolutionary War has gone on display in Philadelphia. The elaborately carved cow’s horn belonged to Gershom Prince, who ...