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Offline Randy Hedden

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Gary Birch Horn on Contemporary Makers Blog
« on: June 18, 2009, 10:09:11 PM »
Today there is a really fine folk art powder horn by Gary Birch.  On the horn is a head and shoulder portrait in a circle.  Can anyone make out what the lettering is around the portrait?  The date looks like 18??.

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Re: Gary Birch Horn on Contemporary Makers Blog
« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2009, 11:03:24 PM »
The horn is an original that Gary restored.  If you look closely you can see where he added in pieces of horn and scrimshawed them to match the original design.
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Re: Gary Birch Horn on Contemporary Makers Blog
« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2009, 12:41:58 AM »
Art,

I would still be interested in knowing what is scrimshawed in the circle surrounding the head and shoulders portrait on the horn.

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Re: Gary Birch Horn on Contemporary Makers Blog
« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2009, 07:48:14 AM »
Part of the scrimed lettering appears to be MR ????N  B  OLSEN  189   I don't think that the numbers are necessarily a date.
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