Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: The Hunting Horn of Christian II of Saxony (F-45)
Object Number:
1907.36.441
Date:
1890
Medium:
Brown and black ink and wash, watercolor, gouache, graphite, and gold and copper metallic pigment, with selective glazing on paper laid on heavy beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/2 x 7 7/16 in. ( 26.7 x 18.9 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Inscribed bottom, on mount: drawn by Moritz Drantz for RA Grider of Canajoharie...
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower center in brown ink: "HUNTING HORN OF CHRISTIAN IId Of SAXONY, / made from the Antler of a Deer...R.A. Grider of Canajoharie N.Y. in June 1890."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.