Ticonderoga Powder Horn Owned by Timothy Wooding

Description:

Ticonderoga Powder Horn Owned by Timothy Wooding, c. 1759, horn with pine plug and iron staple, marked mr Timothy Woodins/horn made at Ticondaroga Augs ye 21 Ad 1759, carved with foliate designs, animals, two soldiers sword fighting on a bridge, and the name of the carver Samuel Jecoks, overall lg. 14 in.

Note: Timothy Wooding was born on September 3, 1738, in New Haven, Connecticut, and died in 1769. He was a private in Captain Amos Hitchcock's Company, Colonel Nathan Whiting's 2nd Connecticut Provincial Regiment in 1758 and 1759. Samuel Jecoks is listed in Colonel Wooster's Provincial Regiment.
Estimate $4,000-6,000

Horn is in overall good condition with a split underneath the 1759 date.


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