THE 'GOTTFRID WOLF' VERY FINE AND RARE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR POWDER HORN, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1755 |

inscribed GOTT FRID WOLF HIS HORN, depicting a town with a large ship in the harbor, with floral designs, two birds and a snake, retains a carved pine effigy head on the butt cap.  

Jim Johnston, Golden Age Arms Co., Delaware, Ohio, September 2003;
Vogel Collection no. 732.

James R. Johnston, Accouterments Vol. III, (Delaware, OH: Golden Age Arms, 1990), p. 222.

Overall fine condition. Surface wear, discoloration and light residue commensurate with age and use. There are few minor losses to the edge where it meets the butt cap. Wear to the surface of the butt cap commensurate with age and use.
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This horn was made by Gottfried Wolf who was a member of the Katsbaan Church in Saugerties, New York.  His daughter Maria was baptized on April 19, 1768 (Olde Ulster: An Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Volume 7, 1911, p. 379).