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 ...
Q: I live in Gainesville, Georgia. I have heard your program on the radio on a few visits with my brother who lives in Gainesville, Florida. He suggested that I send you some photos of a powder horn I ...
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 ...
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 ...
An 18th-century gunpowder container made from an oxen horn has been returned to the Detroit-area museum it was stolen from more than 60 years ago. Recently recovered by the FBI, the Nowlin Powder Horn ...
TWO INTRIGUING objects displayed together in a second-floor gallery at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester may seem out of place, at least at first glance. These objects were made from the horns ...
TRENTON, N.J. – A New Jersey dentist believes an engraved piece of cow horn that goes up for auction next month symbolizes the American dream for a man who was key to the founding of the United States ...
This powder horn, which likely dates to sometime between 1757 and 1760, is inscribed with a map of the Hudson and Mohawk river valleys. Details visible on the horn include Lakes Champlain and Ontario, ...
CLOSTER -- A powder horn said to have belonged to Alexander Hamilton sold for $115,620 Monday at an auction. The buyer did not wish to be identified, Stephen D'Atri, owner of Closter auction house ...
They know; you want it tomorrow, right? Richard “Chip” Anderson and his wife, Bridgette Anderson, have performed near miracles before, so the request doesn’t really faze them anymore. When customers ...
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 ...
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