Collection Highlights
A Song for the times, or John Brown
Date:
1860-1870
Object Number:
LIB.SY.B1860.104
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Luce Center
Powder Horn: The Boar's Tooth, German, with Chain (F-53)
Object Number:
1907.36.449
Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, graphite, gouache, and silver metallic pigment, with selective glazing on paper laid on heavy beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 8 7/8 in. ( 17.8 x 22.5 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom right: Rufus A. Grider/ Canajoharie/ N.Y. Feb. 1891
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right inside image in white gouache: "Rufus A Grider / Canajoharie / N.Y. / Feb. 1891."; inscribed at lower center in black ink: "The 'BOAR'S TOOTH' was made from the fang of / a Wild Boar...", followed by a brief history of the horn
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
