The Historical and Personal Importance of Engraved Powder Horns
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Powder horns, engraved or plain, were remarkably necessary and personal possessions in Colonial America.
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Powder horns: artful witnesses to early American history
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The 2020 1 of 1000 Horn by Walter Mabry, Master Horner — The NMLRA
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Two Fraktur Decorated Applied-tip Powder Horns - Mark Elliott
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Artifact of the Month: Powder Horn — Turtle Bay
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American Powder Horns A personal collection of early American arms and armaments from the Revolutionary War and earlier.
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American Engraved Powder Horn, Probably Mid-Atlantic States, Late 18th or Early 19th Century, Important Americana: The Charles and Olenka Santore Collection, 2023
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Powder Horn By John Tansel (1800 1872)
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Engraved Horns Powder Horns and Friends
The Virtual Museum of Métis History and Culture
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Folk Art of Early America: The Engraved Powder Horn by Jim Dresslar – Collector Bookstore
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The Historical and Personal Importance of Engraved Powder Horns
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The Historical and Personal Importance of Engraved Powder Horns
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Peter Perit's Powder Horn - Museum of the American Revolution