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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 .
Mark(s)"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 eagleProvenancePurchased from Avis & Rockwell Gardiner, American Antiques