POWDER HORNS FOR COMMENT

Andreas · 25th June 2015, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by BANDOOK

HI FERNANDO CAN YOU SEE AND READ MY POST ,IT WAS ORGINALLY POSTED ON THE ETHINOGRAPHIC FORUM BUT THEN TRANSFERRED TO EUROPEAN ARMOURY BY BATTARA, AS THESE POWDER HORNS WOULD HAVE ORIGINATED IN EUROPE AND GET BETTER FEEDBACK IN HERE,CHEERS RAJESH

I think Fernando refers to the absence of a spout on the horns.

fernando · 25th June 2015, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Andreas

I think Fernando refers to the absence of a spout on the horns.

Precisely.

BANDOOK · 27th June 2015, 11:48 AM

THATS RIGHT AMIGO FERNANDO
ITS A BULLOCK HORN SCRIMSHAW ,ANY INFORMATION IS WELCOME,MUCHO GRACIAS RAJESH

Ibrahiim al Balooshi · 16th July 2015, 06:56 AM

Salaams all...but if it has no spout then its not a powder horn....I typed into web search yahoo European scrimshaw powder horns and all the horns for powder use had spouts...as already mentioned... So we have here scrimshaw but not for gunpowder. Is this a contender for the Miscellaneous section?
Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.

M ELEY · 16th July 2015, 07:29 AM

Besides inscribed powder horns, I seen hunting horns (as in fox hunts, etc) with scrimshaw decorations. Again, no open end, so not a trumpeter either...

fernando · 16th July 2015, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Ibrahiim al Balooshi

... So we have here scrimshaw but not for gunpowder. Is this a contender for the Miscellaneous section? ...

Apparently Rajesh doesn't oppose the assumption that there is no spout for a powder horn ... this being 'simply' a horn.
Let's move it then.

BANDOOK · 26th July 2015, 12:41 PM

THANKS FERNANDO SO ITS A SCRIMSHAW HORN I ASSUME OF 1850s PERIOD ,cheers

JamesKelly · 13th August 2015, 11:55 PM

With respect, the faces look like 20th century people

The horns look Mexican

Generally the execution of the scrimshaw looks modern to me.

This is one reason I do not collect horns. I used to make them, and have enjoyed looking at other's work

It is not uncommon for people to make horns/powder horns/whatever here in the USA, for the last half century.

Sorry.

27th June 2015, 11:48 AM	#3
BANDOOK Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: AUCKLAND,NEW ZEALAND Posts: 627	THATS RIGHT AMIGO FERNANDO ITS A BULLOCK HORN SCRIMSHAW ,ANY INFORMATION IS WELCOME,MUCHO GRACIAS RAJESH

16th July 2015, 06:56 AM	#4
Ibrahiim al Balooshi Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Buraimi Oman, on the border with the UAE Posts: 4,408	Salaams all...but if it has no spout then its not a powder horn....I typed into web search yahoo European scrimshaw powder horns and all the horns for powder use had spouts...as already mentioned... So we have here scrimshaw but not for gunpowder. Is this a contender for the Miscellaneous section? Regards, Ibrahiim al Balooshi.

16th July 2015, 07:29 AM	#5
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,163	Besides inscribed powder horns, I seen hunting horns (as in fox hunts, etc) with scrimshaw decorations. Again, no open end, so not a trumpeter either...

26th July 2015, 12:41 PM	#7
BANDOOK Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: AUCKLAND,NEW ZEALAND Posts: 627	THANKS FERNANDO SO ITS A SCRIMSHAW HORN I ASSUME OF 1850s PERIOD ,cheers

13th August 2015, 11:55 PM	#8
JamesKelly Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Michigan, U.S.A. Posts: 108	With respect, the faces look like 20th century people The horns look Mexican Generally the execution of the scrimshaw looks modern to me. This is one reason I do not collect horns. I used to make them, and have enjoyed looking at other's work It is not uncommon for people to make horns/powder horns/whatever here in the USA, for the last half century. Sorry.