Nice old screw tip horn..!

[Rajin cajun]

A friend of mine just found this beauty...!

[mr. no gold]

what a great find!!! Berks County with painted 'measles spots.' There aren't too many of these around and some think that they are somewhat early, (Rev War period and slightly after).
This horn needs a good Reading rifle to go with it. Thank our for posting the photos.
Dick

[Tim Crosby]

 Really cool, I should be so lucky. Dick is right, you don't see many of them come out of hiding.

   Tim C.

[j. pease]

Northern Berks county with lead oxide decoration, spots are often faded, this is good specimen. I had a recent post of a Northern Berks county horn that I made to help Art DeCamp teach lead oxide decoration during the horn class at Conner Prairie. This was a popular decoration in the last quarter 18th century

[Frank Barker]

j. pease... I asked this same question on another post but no one has answered it yet. What is lead oxide and how is it applied ? That is a beautiful horn and for some reason I like the simplicity of the decoration.

Kind Regards
Frank

[Cades Cove Fiddler]

  ... great find, Bob,... !!! ... maybe came down there with Old Hickory and crew,.. !!! .... thanx for shareing,... !!! ... CCF

[Rajin cajun]

... great find, Bob,... !!! ... maybe came down there with Old Hickory and crew,.. !!! .... thanx for shareing,... !!! ... CCF

Dana, it’s not for me it belongs to our good friend Tommy. He has quiet a collection of really great horns..! He has a good eye for horns, and his collection bears proof of that statement.
Hope to see you at Jim’s show in Jan. “Good Lord Willing.”
Stay safe brother.
🙏🇺🇸🙏
Bob

[Tecumseh]

Beautiful horn in fantastic condition, that is a great find.

[Dutch Blacky]

j. pease... I asked this same question on another post but no one has answered it yet. What is lead oxide and how is it applied ? That is a beautiful horn and for some reason I like the simplicity of the decoration.

Kind Regards
Frank

Thanks for this question.
I found a lot of different lead oxide chemicals, which have various colors. Most of them are poisoning:
"Lead oxides are a group of inorganic compounds with formulas including lead (Pb) and oxygen (O).

Common lead oxides include:

Lead(II) oxide, PbO, litharge (red), massicot (yellow) Lead(II,IV) oxide, Pb3O4,  minium, red lead Lead dioxide (lead(IV) oxide), PbO2

Less common lead oxides are:

Lead(II,IV) oxide, Pb2O3, lead sesquioxide (reddish yellow)Pb12O19 (monoclinic, dark-brown or black crystals)The so-called black lead oxide, which is a mixture of PbO and fine-powdered metal Pb and used in the production of lead–acid batteries." (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_oxide)

Which of these chemicals have been used for painting or decoration of horns?

[Keith Zimmerman]

Wow!  Thats an amazing find.

[Shreckmeister]

Love it.  Congratulations to your friend.

[P.C.Child]

Beautiful horn! I've never seen a horn decorated like that before. So cool.