carved spout section and period brass charging spout. Domed wooden plug with iron staple. Main body is engraved with repeating leaf designs around butt with name “PHILIP ULMER 1776” inscribed above. The horn depicts labelled “FORT GORGE” showing the walls outlined as well as the buildings inside the fort. It also depicts two other forts and “LAKE CHAMPLANE”, “LAKE GORGE”, “WHITE HOUSE”, “ILE NOAH” and a body of water labelled “A LAKE OR RIVEr”. There are several detailed New England houses and buildings. Horn is complete with a three-ring binder of the horn’s provenance, the copy of its Grider drawing, places that the horn is listed, and extensive research on Ulmer and his family, including a copy of a Massachusetts Revolutionary War payroll for Philip Ulmer. CONDITION: Excellent, retaining a honey patina with crisp engraving. Some minor losses to relief ring below charger. Charger retains a very dark unpolished patina and is complete and functional. Butt retains original dark finish. PROVENANCE: Bill Samaha, Pam Boynton, Lee Hanes. 12,000 - 18,000
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