POWDER HORNS FOR COMMENT

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.

Rick · 14th August 2015, 05:48 PM

Unusual subject matter to have been made in either Mexico or the US and wind up on the other side of the world in a former British colony .

JamesKelly · 15th August 2015, 01:30 AM

In the US horns imported from Mexico are used for scrimshaw or powder horns. One might suspect such horns are broadly available worldwide.

Whatever the cow, these items, in my considered opinion, are 20th century at the earliest.

BANDOOK · 15th August 2015, 01:01 PM

THANKS FOR ALL INFORMATION SO FROM MEXICO TO NEW ZEALAND,WOW LONG JOURNEY,THESE REALLY LOOK OLD AND AMAZING PATINA,BUT SEEMS BY RECENT COMMENTS THEY HAVE BEEN MADE YESTERDAY ,ASSUME A MYSTERY???

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16th July 2015, 06:56 AM	#1
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	#2
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,152	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	#4
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	#5
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.

14th August 2015, 05:48 PM	#6
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,339	Unusual subject matter to have been made in either Mexico or the US and wind up on the other side of the world in a former British colony .

15th August 2015, 01:30 AM	#7
JamesKelly Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Michigan, U.S.A. Posts: 108	In the US horns imported from Mexico are used for scrimshaw or powder horns. One might suspect such horns are broadly available worldwide. Whatever the cow, these items, in my considered opinion, are 20th century at the earliest.

15th August 2015, 01:01 PM	#8
BANDOOK Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: AUCKLAND,NEW ZEALAND Posts: 627	THANKS FOR ALL INFORMATION SO FROM MEXICO TO NEW ZEALAND,WOW LONG JOURNEY,THESE REALLY LOOK OLD AND AMAZING PATINA,BUT SEEMS BY RECENT COMMENTS THEY HAVE BEEN MADE YESTERDAY ,ASSUME A MYSTERY???