Powder Horn
Object number
2023.006.001
Creator
Wilkinson, Robert
Date
March 27 1779
Description
Cow or oxen horn decorated with a carved city scape featuring four church spires marked “NEW/PORT.” Beneath the city view the following inscription is carved “ROBERT WILKINSON SERGEANT IN the [illegible] NYORK BT/HIS HORN MADE IN FORT GEORGE MARCH ye 27 1779.”
Inscription
ROBERT WILKINSON SERGEANT IN the [illegible] NYORK BT/HIS HORN MADE IN FORT GEORGE MARCH ye 27 1779
Credit Line
Museum Purchase with support from The National Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association Inc., Edward W. Kane & Martha J. Wallace Family Foundation, The Firestone Foundation and Mr. and Mrs. S. Matthews V. Hamilton, Jr.
Object Type
powder horns
