Bidspirit auction | Pair American Powder Horns

Pair American Powder Horns - 8.5 and 12 inches long. This lot consists of two powder horns. The first is a large, natural bovine horn measuring approximately 14 inches along the outer curve. It features a hand-carved wooden base plug secured with iron nails and an integrated iron suspension ring. The horn body is decorated with crude folk art inscriptions incised into the surface, featuring the characters K, A, C, E, followed by two rectangular crosshatched frames, a character resembling a D or B, and a final character resembling an H or Cyrillic letter. The tip is finished in a dark tone and retains a small wooden stopper. The second item is a decorative flask-style powder horn measuring approximately 9.5 inches in length. It is constructed from a dark reddish-brown material, possibly horn or hardwood, and features relief-carved scenes of a stag amidst scrolled foliage. This flask is fitted with a grey-toned metal cap and a mechanical spring-loaded dispenser nozzle at the tip. Note - As an or black powder firearm, this item does not require a background check.