Miles Beech Carved Powder Horn

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Historic Arms & Militaria by Bonhams Skinner

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Historic Arms & Militaria

By Bonhams Skinner

Oct 29, 2021

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Lot Description

Miles Beech Carved Powder Horn, Wallingford, [Connecticut], December 9, 1763, decorated with a finely carved panel inscribed "Miles Beech his/Horn Wallingford decm ye 9/1763," the panel with shaded arc compass work border below a pair of winged/leaf decorated cherub faces and meandering flower and vine motifs below, the base with shaded compass work arc and petal decoration, the top with shaded compass work arc border, scalloped body to neck carving and carved raised ring at the spout, the base with flat blue-painted plug and applied turned wood button knob, an old chip at the base of the horn is repaired/reinforced with a thin strip of silver and small silver rivets, (loss at the spout, small hole near base), lg. 12 in.

Note: Miles Beech [or Beach] was born November 14, 1743 in Goshen, Connecticut, On April 2, 1759 he enlisted in Captain Tarball Whitney's 10th Company of Col. David Wooster's 3rd Connecticut Provincial Regiment taking part in the capture of Fort Ticonderoga on July 26. Like most New England men, he continued his militia service after the war. By January of 1778, Beech attained the rank of Ensign in the Litchfield, Connecticut, militia. He was made Captain in the militia in February 1778, Major in May 1783 and Lieutenant Colonel in October 1784. He resigned his Litchfield, Connecticut, militia commission in October 1785.

From approximately 1771 to 1785 Miles Beech worked as a silversmith in Litchfield and then relocated his business to Hartford where he continued his work with various partners until his death February 14, 1828.

Condition

Condition: Tip has an area of loss to the edge of the spout; old, likely period, repair in an area where the horn meets the base plug utilizing sheet silver and small rivets to stabilize a loss and cracks; two small holes near the base.

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