The designs are reminiscent of Pennsylvania Dutch (Deutsch).Rifleman1776 said:Those designs probably can point to a time and place in history for someone in the know.
MacRob46 said:There are a lot of fakes out there. Modern horners, like the Sibleys, can make horns that for the layman are virtually impossible to tell from the originals. Genuine, documented antique horns are quite valuable, hence the interest in faking them.
Your horn looks very good, perhaps a little too good to be an antique. You also do not mention provenance, which is very important. I suggest you contact The Honorable Company of Horners at www.hornguild.org and send more detailed photos to them for review. Nothing, of course, beats a physical examination by an expert.
Rifleman1776 said:MacRob46 said:There are a lot of fakes out there. Modern horners, like the Sibleys, can make horns that for the layman are virtually impossible to tell from the originals. Genuine, documented antique horns are quite valuable, hence the interest in faking them.
Your horn looks very good, perhaps a little too good to be an antique. You also do not mention provenance, which is very important. I suggest you contact The Honorable Company of Horners at www.hornguild.org and send more detailed photos to them for review. Nothing, of course, beats a physical examination by an expert.
Would someone like to try stating if this horn is an original or new? I'll reveal later.
(sorry for the orientation, Photobucket has a mind of it's own)
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suzkat said:My vote is new in 1970
BrownBear said:suzkat said:My vote is new in 1970
Yup. For my eyes, the scrim and "patina" tell all in that horn.
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