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American Engraved Civil War Powder Horn, Dated 1862

Lot Closed

January 23, 07:31 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

American Engraved Civil War Powder Horn

Dated 1862

The words engraved around a dynamic naval battle scene US Ship Monitor Defeats CS Ship Merrimac Hamptons Road / March 9th 1862 / and-an-the-world-stood-still/ and every wooden- ship - is - doomed/ the-iron-monsters-kill/ above an image of two crossed American flags and a shield and the phrase The Union Forever; the words Engraved by PB around the neck, with remnants of blue paint on the the recessed and ring-turned carved spout and pine butt cap incised with the initials DR.

Length 12 1/4 in.