AMER WINTER 2018
The live portion of this session begins on Thursday, February 8, 2018.
TWO INTERESTING 18TH CENTURY AMERICAN POWDER HORNS OF ELISHA PROUTY, 1785 AND JOHN WOODLAND, OLD PERLICAN.1) 16" overall, long panel reads "1785 ELISHA PROUTY HIS HORN". The rest of the body is scrimshawed in geometrically framed panels with designs of hearts, animals, people, and geometric flourishes. This horn is mentioned in the text American Engraved Powder Horns: A Study Based on the J. H. Grenville Gilbert Collection, 1945 as property of C. Stanley Jacob, Plainfield, N.J. 2) 14-1/2" horn engraved in two large panels "JOHN WOODLAND OLD PERLICAN". Old Perlican was an early 17th C settlement in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and I doubt there is another horn signed from there. Horn is decorated with sailing ship, mermaid, squid, gulls, and fish.
SIZE: PROVENANCE: An extraordinary private estate collection of a distinguished Virginia gentleman. CONDITION: 1) Very good, nice smooth surface with minor cosmetic defects. Wood plug is retained by a well patinaed iron wire which forms a loop for carrying strap. 2) Good to very good overall. Large bulbous plug has a glued repair at base and remnants of old white paint. Surface is fairly smooth with a couple branded pairs of initials. 52751-11 JGS (2,000-3,000)
JOHN WOODLAND OLD PERLICAN HORN