Hunting horn
Dateca. 1715
Artist/Maker
Johannes Leichamschneider
OriginEurope, Austria, Vienna
MediumBrass
DimensionsOD bell: 8 5/8"; OD coil: 14 1/2"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1951-456
DescriptionHunting horn, cupped mouthpiece (replacement) with long tube (approximately 12 feet) coiled three times and terminating in a broad bell. Struts brace the mouthpiece extension and the bell extension to the coil. It is possible that only the inscribed bezel is from Leichamschneider.Label TextHunting horn ca. 1715, inscribed by the celebrated Viennese maker Johannes Leichamschneider .
Markings"MACHT JOHANNES/LEICHAMSCHNEIDER/17 IN WIEN 15" Oval medallion with figure between MACHT and JOHANNES; also several elsewhere on bell bearing the Austrian double-headed eagle
ProvenancePurchased from Avis & Rockwell Gardiner, American Antiques
Exhibition(s)
ca. 1820s
1750-1800
ca. 1810
ca. 1700
1800
1795-1805
Ca. 1800
ca. 1760
c.1770
1815-1820
1790-1800
ca. 1820s