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General discussion => Contemporary Accoutrements => Topic started by: David R. Pennington on July 04, 2014, 03:11:41 AM

Title: Jonathan Smead powder horn
Post by: David R. Pennington on July 04, 2014, 03:11:41 AM

Our local paper published a story about a powder horn stolen from a museum in western Mass. in 1949 being recently returned. According to the article the horn was made at Crown Point July 2. 1760 for militiaman Jonathan Smead. Supposedly the man who returned the horn found it in a trash dump in the late fifties and only learned it was stolen when he tried recently to get it appraised.
Anyone familiar with this horn? Any published pictures available of it? It sounds interesting. The article describes it as "intricately carved" with "images of deer, mermaids, ships and fish". The article doesn't give the name of the museum.

Title: Re: Jonathan Smead powder horn
Post by: EricEwing on July 04, 2014, 03:33:08 AM

sorry missed the last line there...if someone finds the name of the museum somehow, please post it.

Title: Re: Jonathan Smead powder horn
Post by: trentOH on July 04, 2014, 05:36:18 PM

www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/07/missing_powder_horn_returned_t.html

What a great story!

Title: Re: Jonathan Smead powder horn
Post by: KLMoors on July 06, 2014, 04:14:31 PM

What a beauty. I'd love to see some more pictures of it.

ETA -  I sent an e-mail to the curator asking if there are any more images of it.

Title: Re: Jonathan Smead powder horn
Post by: KLMoors on July 09, 2014, 04:43:23 PM

I heard back from the curator and she sent me this picture.

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