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Lot 207
Sale 5211 - Americana
Apr 22, 2007
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$8,000 -
12,000
Lot Description
Scrimshaw decorated powder horn American circa 1830
Depictions of ships at sea and columns enclosing the figure of a woman holding an American flag and an eagle with arrows. A bannerette above her is inscribed " Free Trade and States Rights." The woman stands on a plinth bearing the initials "W.H and E.W." within a laurel wreath. The wooden end of the horn impressed "Heller."
L: 17 in.