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December 0510, 2020
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LOT 173

Lot 173

Connecticut Map Engraved Powder Horn by Hiel Hall (1736-1807), 2nd Cavalry, Jan. 1803

Connecticut Map Engraved Powder Horn by Hiel Hall (1736-1807), 2nd Cavalry, Jan. 1803
Lot 173 Details
Connecticut Map Engraved Powder Horn by Hiel Hall (1736-1807), 2nd Cavalry, Jan. 1803

with a detailed map of the Connecticut River Valley from Long Island Sound to the Massachusetts line, including town names, buildings and geographical features, native American settlements, a barquentine ship, a compass rose and titled and dated banner, on a gut cord
length 12 in — 30.5 cm

Estimate $2,000-$3,000

Realised: $4,200
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Connecticut Map Engraved Powder Horn by Hiel Hall (1736-1807), 2nd Cavalry, Jan. 1803
  • Connecticut Map Engraved Powder Horn by Hiel Hall (1736-1807), 2nd Cavalry, Jan. 1803
  • Connecticut Map Engraved Powder Horn by Hiel Hall (1736-1807), 2nd Cavalry, Jan. 1803
Provenance:

Private Collection of the late Brenton S. Rowe, Toronto
Ex Collection of the late C.H. Lathrop, Lebanon, Connecticut

Literature:

Documented in Grancsay, Stephen V., AMERICAN ENGRAVED POWDER HORNS: A STUDY BASED ON THE J.H. GRENVILLE GILBERT COLLECTION, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1945, Catalogue no. 410

Note:

Named Towns: New Haven, Saybrook, Wallingford, Middletown, Farmington, Hartford

https://www.geni.com/people/Hiel-Hall/6000000002361320196

CONDITION DETAILS

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