What is it

[jtw1313]

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[releventchair]

Wild guess is that it is a souvenir type non functional/decorative hunting horn from Europe. Missing it's mouthpiece ,if it had one.

 

[Tulkas]

Powder horn?

 

[Doubter in MD]

Powder horn?

Yep!

 

[wildpig]

not a powder horn, looks more like a horn to blow.

 

[jtw1313]

My guess is Something to drink from
Like Viking type thing

 

[diggummup]

It's a powder horn with a piece missing on each end. I agree with it being a souvenir type thing.

 

[cactusrat]

My guess is Something to drink from
Like Viking type thing

After looking down inside the horn, I wouldn't want to drink anything from it. Also it would hard to wash out.

 

[jtw1313]

U wouldn't want to drink the layer of dust lol

 

[jtw1313]

That would be a big a%# powder horn lol maybe for cannon op

 

[diggummup]

That would be a big a%# powder horn lol maybe for cannon op

I don't know about all that but for a wannabe cheaply made souvenir no problem. As a matter of fact...

https://www.cowanauctions.com/lot/3082184

 

[cactusrat]

That would be a big a%# powder horn lol maybe for cannon op

A souvenir. Had one when I was kid, it came with a coon skin cap. I was Davy Crockett half pint size. I don't remember where I got it, the Rockies somewhere.

 

[diggummup]

Here, it can be a drinking horn too if that's what you prefer, lol.

http://m.weddbook.com/media/2572728...ne-wall-decor-celtic-horn-fantasy-viking-horn

 

[firemanphob]

This is not and never was a powder horn. It is a hunters horn like was used to call in the foxhounds. Don't have any idea if it is real or repo but not a powder horn at any rate. notice there is no plug or a place where there was ever one. the metal trumpet like funnel is for sound.

 

[Doubter in MD]

That would be a big a%# powder horn lol maybe for cannon op

What makes you think this is unusually large for a powder horn?



And I agree it was probably bought as a souvenir.

 

[Rookster]

Definitely maybe a beer guslezzer from spring break. Joking but a nice find where ever you got it.

 

[diggummup]

Even most of the English hunting horns had a mouthpiece. The sizes also varied on those as well. Regardless of the type of item it is, fact remains it is a contemporary made piece (the horn color tells its age or lack thereof) and the value is modest.

 

[H-D 1]

Home made listening horn or ear horn

 

[Reanm8er]

Mine came from Sears.