AMER AUGUST 2015
The live portion of this session begins on Monday, August 24, 2015.
AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR POWDER HORN "ELIJAH SEXTON A SON OF LIBERTY". This rare horn exhibits fine patina and surface. Elijah Sexton is purported to have enlisted April 21, 1775, just two days after Lexington and Concord as part of General Israel Putnam's command. The horn is 15" overall. Smoothed and cut to hexagonal stages to spout with an inset pewter ferrule. Carving has central riband which reads "ELIJAH SEXTON HIS HORN, A SON OF LIBERTY". The large panel marked "Sexton Coat of Arms" and 8 buildings are depicted along with a British lion, a mounted horseman with saber upheld, horses and other motifs as can be seen in photos. Rarely carved horns are found with patriotic mottoes stating "LIBERTY" from the Revolutionary War. SIZE: PROVENANCE: From the personal estate collection of John W. Armiger Jr. CONDITION: Horn has several age cracks in spout and near wood plug. Old clear tape around much of the surface of the base which has yellowed and dried. Scrimshaw is mostly crisp and discernible. Accompanying cord hanger is frayed, missing binding in areas, but still sound. 49055-174 (6,000-8,000) JS0