Fort Pitt Horn- An amalgam of a two horns done by an anonymous artist working at Fort Pitt, probably in the early 1760's. The architecture of the horn is similar to DuMont, Plate 46, in American Engraved Powder Horns: The Golden Age, 1755- 1783, while the carving is reminiscent of "The Ft. Pitt Horn" in Dresslar, The Folk Art of Early America: The Engraved Powder Horn. Carvings show Fort Pitt in accurate detail, as well as the Forks of the Ohio, and the Youghiogheny (unlabeled) where Colonel Clapham's plantation was raided during Pontiac's Uprising. Skulking Indians shown in the neighborhood of the fort give an indication that the horn dates to the same period. Plug is turned cherry, held by handmade nails like the original. While not an exact copy, this horn combines several elements of the same hand to achieve the effect of being the next horn in a series. It preserves perhaps the rarest bit of folk art from the Ft. Pitt frontier in the naive but striking hand of the original artist. 16.5" outside curve. $150.
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