Horn in D
Both the horn's flairing bell size and the tubing correspond to brass hunting horns used by the middle of the eighteenth century. A scratched “D” on the bell indicates pitch and suggests that the horn was made to be played. The outer brown glaze imitates the
color of brass, while the dark glaze on the black-stained surface of the inner bell imitates the black varnish often seen on seventeenth- and eighteenth-century brass hunting horns. This horn confirms a German source of 1745 that mentions that in some areas peasants made horns and trumpets of clay.
color of brass, while the dark glaze on the black-stained surface of the inner bell imitates the black varnish often seen on seventeenth- and eighteenth-century brass hunting horns. This horn confirms a German source of 1745 that mentions that in some areas peasants made horns and trumpets of clay.
Artwork Details
- Title: Horn in D
- Date: first half 18th century
- Geography: Germany (probably)
- Culture: Probably German
- Medium: Pottery
- Dimensions: L. standing on bell: 34.7 cm (13-3/4 in.); Diam. of bell:16 cm (6-3/8 in.)
- Classification: Aerophone-Lip Vibrated
- Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
- Object Number: 89.4.2205
- Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments
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