American Engraved Powder Horns

Download or read book American Engraved Powder Horns written by Stephen V. Grancsay and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1946-01-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This catalogue deals primarily with the collection of American powder horns and primers formed by J. H. Grenville Gilbert, of Ware, Massachusetts, and generously presented to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1937. An essay on American engraved powder horns and a résumé of the Gilbert collection precede the catalogue, which consists of detailed descriptions of the individual pieces and notes of genealogical or historical interest. Each horn in the collection is illustrated by a collotype reproduction and, with one exception (an undecorated horn), by a line drawing of the engraved area. An indexed checklist of the collections records the pertinent details of each powder horn.