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Dragonfly Table lamp
c. 1900-1906
N84.113
Glass, bronze
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William Starling Powder Horn
Title
William Starling Powder Horn
Object name
Powder horn
Date
1760
Medium
Horn, wood, leather, metal
Dimensions
Overall: 3 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 12 1/8 in. ( 8.3 x 8.9 x 30.8 cm )
Description
Carved horn powder horn owned by William Starling, with wooden cover at one end with circular leather fragments secured with a nail at the center; horn incised with map of Fort Niagara and Fort Ontario, and the Niagara and Owego rivers, with figures and ships; spout end has carved knob, metal spout.