Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: The Saxon Powder Horn, Christian II of Saxony (F-39)
Object Number:
1907.36.435
Date:
1891
Medium:
Graphite, watercolor, gouache, and gold, silver, and copper metallic pigments on paper laid on heavy beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 5/8 x 7 1/4 in. ( 27 x 18.4 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: Rufus A. Grider/ of Canajoharie N.Y.1891
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left inside image in white gouache: "Rufus A. Grider / Canajoharie / N.Y. 1891"; signed and inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "The SAXON. This fine POWDER HORN is / made of IVORY...R.A. Grider of Canajoharie N.Y. / in 1890."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.




