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Powder Horn

Maker (American)
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Date1777
Mediumhorn
Dimensions3 × 13 × 3 in. (7.6 × 33 × 7.6 cm.)
DescriptionPowder horn, with scrimshaw images of ships, animals, fish, town by a John Young, New England
SignedSigned and dated - John Young 1777
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Jonathan and Karin Fielding
Status
On view
Object number2016.25.49
Powder Horn
Unknown, British
1766
Object number: 2017.5.76
Toilet Service: Powder Box [2 of 2]
George Bowers
ca. 1670-1680
Object number: 77.19.10
Toilet Service: Powder Box [1 of 2]
George Bowers
ca. 1670-1680
Object number: 77.19.9
Stranger Welcome
Arthur Henry Young
n.d.
Object number: 90.62
Copy of Italian Mural
William Young Ottley
1793
Object number: 82.59
Valley of the Ourthe, Ardennes
David Young Cameron
ca. 1905
Object number: 94.31.25
In the New Forest
J. T. Young
n.d.
Object number: 59.55.1477
Unknown
n.d.
Object number: 83.8.49A
Angel with Horn
Unknown, British
n.d.
Object number: 2000.5.2794
Seated Man with Small Horn
John Frederick Kensett
ca. 1845 - 1847
Object number: 98.30.3
Golden Horn
Palmer Schoppe
1943
Object number: 2010.10
Study of Horns
Edward William Cooke
n.d.
Object number: 59.55.302.43