Powder Horn

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Powder Horn

Entry/Object ID

1960.176

Description

Minimally decorated powder horn with a wooden stopper. The horn is scratch carved with with a curvilinear border around the wide end consisting of adjacent half-circles. There is also a 6-petaled flower within a circle, of the type created by a compass. Finally the initials JG are within a circle. The wide end of the horn is capped with a round wooden plug with a turned wooden knob in the center. The narrow end is carved into a spout with a raised ring around the neck.

Context

Owned by General Horatio Gates, who commanded Fort Ticonderoga and the Northern Department at the beginning of the American Revolutionary War.

Acquisition

Accession

1960.176

Source or Donor

Keller, Mrs. Heberat

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Horn, Powder

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Flask, Ammunition

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Container, Armament

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Armament Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Armaments

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Material

Horn, Wood

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Gates, Horatio Lloyd (1727-1806)

Related Places

Place

City

Fort Ticonderoga

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Related Events

Event

American Revolutionary War