xxHOLDxx POWDER HORN--REVOLUTIONARY WAR PERIOD

 This is a beautiful large engraved and carved Revolutionary War period powder horn dating last quarter of the 18th century. This left hand carry horn measures 14 1/4 inched across the inside bow with the pine butt measuring 2 7/8 inches in diameter. The horn has a raised panel running the entire circumference of the horn and 6 1/2 inches long from the carved throat back toward the butt.  The raised panel is golden in color.  From the raised panel back toward the butt, the horn is shaved back to green.  The throat has three rings and two bands carved, including a spiral carved band similar the the spiral carving on Rev War period sword grips.  The golden center panel has a scrimshawed large oval cartouche consisting of rococo carved flourishes all around with the name "EBENEZER RICE"  engraved in block letters in the center.

Ebenezer Rice is listed as having served in the American Revolution in New Hampshire as both a Sergeant and a Lieutenant in the NH archives as well as the Daughters of the American Revolution "DAR PATRIOT INDEX PART III", Pg 2446.  Rice was born in Connecticut 12-19-1745 and by 1772 had resided in New Hampshire where he is listed as having served in Colonel David Gilmans' New Hampshire Regiment of the Continental Army from December 1776 to March of 1777. He apparently lived out his life in New Hampshire where he is listed as having passed on  6-19-1822.  Even though there are six pages of Rice's listed in the DAR Patriot Index, there is only one Ebenezer Rice listed, the above mentioned.

I was, however, able to find another different Ebenezer Rice in the Mormon Church website Family Search who was born in Vermont in 1756 and served in the American Revolution as a private in Captain Ebenezer Allen's Company, Vermont Troops, in 1776. He then served from May to November 1778 in Captain Thomas Sawyer's Company of Provincial Troops. His last term of service was in Lee's Regiment of Vermont Militia from October 20 to November 1781.  This Ebenezer Rice was a Baptist minister who was sent to the southwest to minister to Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaws. He then apparently moved to Maury County, Tennessee, living there with his sons as early as 1808 and he died there June 1831.  Condition:  Excellent.  The original pine butt shows evidence of having a "tab" extension to the horn but appears to have broken in-period and replaced with a hand filed wood screw.  **HOLD**

References:

DAR Patriot Index Part III, Pg.2446.

FamilySearch.com, LDS website.

National Archives.