Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: Glen-Sanders (FW-138) with Vignettes of the Sanders House, Schenectady, New York; verso: fragmentary design for a crest
Object Number:
1907.36.121
Date:
1887
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink and wash, gouache, and graphite with selective glazing on beige paper; graphite and black crayon
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/8 x 11 1/8 in. ( 28.3 x 28.3 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom right: RA Grider / July 21 1887. Top right: RA Grider
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at middle left in brown ink: "The GLEN SANDERS / POWDER HORN...RA Grider / July 2 1887.", with an extensive history of the horn and its owners; at middle right below vignette: "SANDERS HOUSE / at SCOTIA near / Schenectady NY..."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.





