Original U.S. Revolutionary War Era Named & Scrimshawed Rum Horn with Map of Lake Champlain & Fort George Region of New York - L.B. Jessup - Dated 1788 Receiver within which is secured a

within which is secured a firing pin protruding into the barrel

We've never seen a helmet shell in this configuration before

The edge is dent and nick free

and the Winchester company

The intended use was for jailers for self-defense and for sounding an alarm

Original U.S. Revolutionary War Era Named & Scrimshawed Rum Horn with Map of Lake Champlain & Fort George Region of New York - L.B. Jessup - Dated 1788 Receiver within which is secured aOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a tremendously unique rum horn scrimshawed and inscribed by L. B. Jessup at Lake George, New York in 1788. The Jessup family moved in the 1760s from Dutchess County, NY to Albany, and engaged in land speculation in the Hudson River Valley and Lake George area. Due to this connection with the map, we are certain that the horn was inscribed by a member of this Jessup family. The horn measures roughly 12 long and 3