18th Century Blowing Horn

18th Century Blowing Horn

Wonderful surviving example of an 18th century militia  / plantation blowing horn. Handmade of tin with single seam and applied end with wooden baffle. Militiamen took their blowing horns used to call workers from the field to battle. General Washington comments in his papers about how a militiaman could be distinguished by the sound of his blowing horn. This fine example of a blowing horn made by an American tinsmith and was carried by General Daniel Brodhead whose plantation was near Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. this blowing horn is in excellent condition and retains if iron carrying ring. 15 ½” long and 2 ¾” across the flared end.

Provenance: William Zellman, Danville, PA; Gordon Barlow, Swoope, VA