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THE JOHN FORDHAM 'LIBERTY FOR AMERICA' REVOLUTIONARY WAR POWDER HORN, SAG HARBOR, NEW YORK, APRIL 12, 1776
Auction Closed
January 26, 08:38 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
THE JOHN FORDHAM 'LIBERTY FOR AMERICA' REVOLUTIONARY WAR POWDER HORN, SAG HARBOR, NEW YORK, APRIL 12, 1776
inscribed LIBERTY FOR AMARICA/ MADE BY THE ONE RINF/ INF/ IOHN FORDHAMS HORN/ MADE APRIL 12 AD 1776 and SAGG HARBOUR on ring above; inscribed JR on butt plug.
Length 12 in.
John Nathan Fordham (1754-1808) carved this horn at the age of twenty-one while serving under Colonel Philip Van Courtlandt in New York's 2nd Regiment of the Line. He later served as sergeant major under Colonel Lewis Dubois in New York's 5th Regiment of the Line and is buried in Sag Harbor's Old Burial Ground, along with several other Revolutionary War patriots.