xxSOLDxx Revolutionary War Scrimshaw Powderhorn

Beautiful untouched golden patina, an ID'ed soldier, an important year of 1775 combined with delightfully folky scrimshaw to make this a very desirable horn for any serious collector of Revolutionary War artifacts.  The horn is signed "NATHAN : TYLAR HIS HORN 1775", and in addition, it has "BO_TAM" scrimmed in block letters with an "N" over the "M" to correct the misspelling.  This could be the Colonel Nathan Tyler who is listed as the commander of the Worcester Company Regiment, Danvers, Massachussetts which participated in the seige of Boston in 1775.  An intrigueing building scrimmed on the horn appears to be the arms magazine at Concord (see the last photo which shows the item with Isaac Doolittle's engraving of Concord with the arms magazine in the background).  The Doolittle engraving occured the day after the battle at Lexington, Concord, and North Bridge which was followed by the Siege of Boston.  The horn measures 14 1/2" on the outside curve with the pine flat butt measuring 3" at its widest.  The scrimshaw is folk art at its best with a mitre hatted soldier aiming a flintlock musket at a buck deer, three sailing vessels, Boston rowhouses, an arms magazine (Concord?), numerous fish and a bird.  The butt is ringed by concentric scrimmed arcs, the throat is engrailed at the recess as well as having an engrailed ring around the neck to fasten the shoulder strap securely.  The spout is octagon faceted. **SOLD**

Condition:  Excellent.  The "S" in "Bostam" is obscured and the original staple at the butt is missing and now replaced with a rosehead nail.