Powder horn identification

[bacdoc]

New to me powder horn, and other than the date, there is a NAF #51 designation.

Any way to tell if authentic to the date or a later make?

 

[hawkeye2]

If you mean the 1748 date, no way. Given its condition I would say no older than the 1970s. NAF#51 may be the maker's initials and the number of the horn he had made up to that time but that's another guess on my part.

 

[oldwood]

A lot of dated 1750's horns , the nails holding the plug in place are rusted off , and the big end plug is loose , or missing. That's one thing noted from examining some.