An Extraordinary Presentation Powder Horn For Thomas Splane (1758-1831) Of Virginia And Mississippi

Possibly Mississippi, Dated, "1818"

the horn bearing numerous inscriptions, including: Death or Liberty Thomas Splane 1818 / His Horne / The United States, further inscribed A High Man's Reason, and Washington beneath depiction of an eagle and above a depiction of the general with his sword planted in the ground and holding an acacia sprig; the horn depicts various Masonic symbols, including: the sun, a coffin with skeleton, seven six-pointed starts, an anchor, Noah's Ark, a square and compass, and a Masonic lodge surmounted by a letter "G" and the entrance flanked by the letters "B" and "J", likely a reference to King Solomon's Temple.

Length 19 3/4 inches (overall).