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Josiah Bowker Powder Horn
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Auction by Cowan's Auctions(973)
This item is in Cincinnati, OH
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Item Details
Colonial America, dated 1758. 12.5" long. Oval plug is 2.75" x 2.25".Cow horn with plug secured by iron tacks. Carved with scenes of migrating salmon over the inscription "IOSIAH BOWKER 1758/IOSIAH BOWKER HIS HORn AU 31/1758". Item displays two sunburst designs among the fish with semicircular details adorning the plug end. Beneath the aforementioned inscription may be found more simplistic designs including a salmon followed closely by a horse treading upon a snake with the initials "IB" above the horse's back followed by the name "IOSIAH". Finally, the plug end shows a trio of hearts surrounding a clamshell. The horn features a faceted spout with a length of aged copper wire bound around it. Note: Josiah Bowker was born March 19, 1724, in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. On August 24, 1749, he married Mary Andrews Crompton with whom he would have five children between 1750 and 1759. Bowker enlisted in Colonel Abraham Williams Regiment on April 22, 1756 in the midst of the French and Indian War. He is listed on the muster roll of Captain John Jones' Hopkinton West Company on March 23, 1757. He appears on a roll for receiving a meal as a member of Captain Henry Springs' company, Colonel William Williams' Regiment on November 1758. He also appears on a billeting roll as a member of the same company and regiment dated December 1, 1758, as receiving the King’s allowance for 43 days for an enlistment lasting from April 11 to May 24.Josiah died on August 11, 1766, at the age of 42. His sixth child was born six months after his death on February 22, 1767. There is no mention of how Bowker died at such a young age nor of his trade. A check of his probate records did not mention how he died but did list “shoemakers tooles� among his possessions, so he may have been a shoemaker. Bowker's estate at the time of his death was small with probate records listing among his possessions: a few household items, a gun, one cow, and one pig. CONDITION: Good. Horn shows cracks and hairline fractures surrounding brass tacks at plug end with some material loss where edge sheared away. Further fracture running from the plug end through one of the hearts for approximately 6 inches. Horn shows an uneven patina that is darkest at plug end lightening toward spout. EST: $3000 - $5000
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