Powder horn
Classification:
Date:
1758
Medium:
Horn, wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 5 x 11 1/8 in. ( 7.6 x 12.7 x 28.3 cm )
Description:
Horn powder horn with wooden cover at one end secured with metal tacks all around; horn incised with ships at sea at the bottom with 2 faces and a female figure, above are images of buildings and animals.
Credit Line:
'
Object Number:
1924.129
Marks:
incised: near pouring spout: "M 1758 / M"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1758
eMuseum Object ID:
4886
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder horn
Classification:
Date:
1780
Medium:
Horn, wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 5 x 11 1/4 in. ( 7 x 12.7 x 28.6 cm )
Description:
Carved horn powder horn with wooden cover at one end, nail secures a piece of leather fragment at the center; horn incised throughout with images of a town, hunting, and ships sailing; spout end is carved with a rib.
Credit Line:
Purchase, Abbott Fund
Object Number:
1951.471
Marks:
incised: across the length of one section: "HENRY : MCNEEL : HIS : HORN : / MADE : TOTOWA : NOVEMBER : / the 9 : the year : 1780"
Gallery Label:
This powder horn was used by Henry McNeel of Totowa, New Jersey. He was a private in the New Jersey militia, and later served in the Continental Army from Huntersdon, New Jersey.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1780
eMuseum Object ID:
4787
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cannonball with stand (2)
Classification:
Date:
1800-1815
Medium:
Iron, wood, wool, brass
Dimensions:
Part (stand): 4 x 7 in. (10.2 x 17.8 cm)
Part (Cannon Ball): 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)
Description:
Iron, wood, wool, and brass cannonball with stand; iron cannonball mounted on green felt-lined depression at top of rectangular wooden stand that has incised brass plate fastened to front.
Credit Line:
Gift of Eugene H. Pool
Object Number:
1943.430ab
Marks:
engraved plaque: "CANNONBALL AND WOOD /FROM/FRIGATE CHESAPEAKE"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1815
eMuseum Object ID:
4758
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cartridge box
Classification:
Date:
1850-1865
Medium:
Leather, tin
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 6 3/8 in. ( 15.2 x 16.2 cm )
Description:
Leather and tin cartridge box; center-divided, four compartment tin insert covered by thin leather cover.
Credit Line:
Gift of the New York Caledonian Club
Object Number:
1934.165
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
4727
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cartridge Box W/sling
Classification:
Date:
1860-1870
Medium:
Leather, brass, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. ( 16.8 x 19 cm )
Description:
Leather, brass, and iron cartridge box; white buff leather sling fastened through loops sewn to back and two iron buckles on front of rectangular black leather box with front flap that fastens to brass stud at box bottom; foliate brass lettering applied to front.; painted mark on belt interior.
Object Number:
INV.11398c
Marks:
cast, applied: flap: "NG/7" (7th NY National Guard)
painted: belt: "LB SMITH 8th Co. NG"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
4714
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
William Starling Powder Horn
Classification:
Date:
1760
Medium:
Horn, wood, leather, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 12 1/8 in. ( 8.3 x 8.9 x 30.8 cm )
Description:
Carved horn powder horn owned by William Starling, with wooden cover at one end with circular leather fragments secured with a nail at the center; horn incised with map of Fort Niagara and Fort Ontario, and the Niagara and Owego rivers, with figures and ships; spout end has carved knob, metal spout. See drawing of same by Rufus A. Grider, 1907.36.185
Credit Line:
Gift of George A. Zabriskie
Object Number:
1947.91
Marks:
incised: throughout: "LAKE ONTARIO / ISTE Rvr / THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER OSWEGO / FORT ONTARIO"
incised: bottom, one side: "WILLIAM STARLING / July 17 1760"
incised: bottom, opposite side: "PLAN OF FORT NIAGARA / A THE FORT WITH ITS OUT WORKS / B THE
Gallery Label:
The artwork on this powder horn celebrates the victory of Sir William Johnson who captured the fort in 1759.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1760
eMuseum Object ID:
4598
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder horn
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1834
Medium:
Horn, wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 3 1/8 x 7 3/4 in. ( 5.1 x 7.9 x 19.7 cm )
Description:
Primer horn with wooden cover at one end with metal bail at the center, metal pouring spout with spring loaded powder release device at opposite end; incised with public images, including a building with "CAPITAL OF THE U.S." beside it, banner with "E PLURIBUS UNUM" above, a steamboat marked "HUNTRES", a locomotive marked "FOR BOSTON ENGINE", a house marked "P.T. HOUSE / INW", a monument, church and frigate; wooden end carved with 3 rows of diamonds.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1405
Marks:
incised: next to building: "CAPITAL OF THE U.S."
incised: above building: "E PLURIBUS UNUM"
incised: above steamboat: "HUNTRES"
incised: above locomotive: "FOR BOSTON / ENGINE"
incised: by house: "P.T. HOUSE / INW"
incised: at pouring end: "183
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1834
eMuseum Object ID:
4212
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder horn
Classification:
Date:
1775
Medium:
Horn, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 x 6 1/8 x 15 in. ( 9.5 x 15.6 x 38.1 cm )
Description:
Carved horn powder horn with wooden cover at one end with finial carved in the form of a knotted rope; single rib carved at middle of spout end; horn incised with ships, a church, and the town of Boston during a seige.
Credit Line:
Gift of George A. Zabriskie
Object Number:
1952.322
Marks:
incised: along one side and around the top: "DANIEL MENTER HIS HORN / MADE IN ROXBURY 1775"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1775
eMuseum Object ID:
4034
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Colt bullet mold
Classification:
Date:
1855-1865
Medium:
Steel
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 7/8 in. ( 12.1 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Steel bullet mold; blued steel with tapered oval handles and hinged, rectangular body with circular and conical cavities; stamped mark on body.
Credit Line:
Gift of W.A. Mosscrop
Object Number:
1942.529b
Marks:
stamped: body: "COLT'S/PATENT"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
2928
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bullet mold
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 7/8 in. ( 23.5 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Iron bullet mold; two curved arms hinged at front.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Object Number:
1920.108
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
2437
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pages
