Lot 343: 343 RARE WILLIAM STEVENS ENGRAVED POWDER HORN, DATED 1746. KING GEORGE'S WAR. Engraved William Stevens, dated 1746, decorated with a crowned lion, deer, heron, fish , rabbit, snakes, flowers, and hearts. banded top and bottom, with four hole

343 RARE WILLIAM STEVENS ENGRAVED POWDER HORN, DATED 1746. KING GEORGE'S WAR. Engraved William Stevens, dated 1746, decorated with a crowned lion, deer, heron, fish , rabbit, snakes, flowers, and hearts. banded top and bottom, with four hole extension on base for strap, with carved frame in plug, ring-carved reeded top with pewter spout. Length 14 3/4 inches. Literature: For a discussion of powder horns of that period referencing the earliest known horns as being 1746, see: 'Trumpets Sounding' by William H. Guthman, pp. 35-37. Est. $10,000 - $15,000