Buck and Hounds Powder Horn

[omarick1948]

Made this horn a short time ago and thought you might like to see it. Engraving taken from an old 18th Century woodcut.

Thanks for looking,
Rick

 

[Grizzly Adams]

Outstanding job. Your work always astounds me. :hatsoff:

 

[Rifleman1776]

Classic beauty.
Congrats and thanks for keeping the heritage alive. :thumbsup:

 

[hoochiepapa]

What can I say????
Excellent!!

 

[bonron]

Rick: I have two of your flat horns. They are v/nice but no where near as good as this. Your work is outstanding. Ron
:thumbsup:

 

[Jaeger]

Downright inspiring!

 

[ZUG]

What's not to like about this horn -- VERY NICE :wink: . Pleasing to the eye and well balanced design thanks for sharing .

 

[Jim Vatt]

:bow: :bow: :bow:
Great workmanship. I can't say much other than keep posting 'em!!!

 

[bubba.50]

you do truly awesome work sir :hatsoff: .

 

[omarick1948]

Thanks everyone for your generous comments. I truly appreciate each and every one of them.

Rick

 

[wattlebuster]

I like it :applause:

 

[MSW]

wow- looks great! :thumbsup: :hatsoff:

 

[Sean Gadhar]

Awesome!

Rick I know that it is how it was done "back in the day" But dose it strike you as odd that they seem to stylize people and animals, yet the oak leafs & acorns are vary true to life.
Have seen this in engraved platters & such where the horses & hounds have the over arched backs & necks yet the flora & fauna are vary true to life.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Antoine_de_Beauterne.jpg

Please understand I am in no way knocking your work or theirs. I'm only saying that it almost seems like two schools of art. One makes the border plants look as life like as can be. The other while using equal skill makes the deer & dog more art & less nature. :hmm:

I actually like it vary much, I just wonder the why of it. Maybe just the taste in art of the day :idunno:

Sorry hope that is not taking this off track, just thought you might know the why of it, since you have the how of it down to such a wonderful degree :wink:

 

[omarick1948]

"Maybe just the taste in art of the day"

Sean, Thank you.....I think your statement above pretty much says it all for the period. I have often wondered the same thing. It seemed that in Europe a trend in engraving for realistic details was far more popular, but there are some really fine "life like" engraved horns here also. Private collections and Museums have most of them, as I'm sure you know.

 

[hawkthrower]

As always, your engraving really catches my eye. I really like this one. :thumbsup:

Ron

 

[omarick1948]

Thank you Ron!