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Picking both these up for $90. Decent deal?

Steve

Second question. Would you clean/polish the brass horn or leave it like it is?

Steve

stetam wrote:Second question. Would you clean/polish the brass horn or leave it like it is?

Steve

Cleaning that brass will be a challenge. It could be used as-is until a less tarnished one comes along.

Not bad. At least some knucklehead didn’t cut the end off the witches hat one for some inexplicable reason.

ouch

stetam wrote:ouch

Yes. But this seems typical of what I encounter around here...

Could someone more knowledgeable than myself please venture a guess who made these horns?

11 panel horn measures 30" x 22 ½ bell.



Witches hat measures 30" x 12 ¾ bell

FYI - Ketchup left on for 5 minutes and then used a scotch-brite pad for 20 seconds. The acidity in the ketchup removed the tarnish and oxidation easily. Once a polish is done it should remove the light scratches and look quite nice.

stetam wrote:Could someone more knowledgeable than myself please venture a guess who made these horns?

Show the hanger on the flower horn.

The diamond-shaped hanger on the brass horn suggests either a pre-1901 Hawthorne & Sheble, or a Standard Metal Manufacturing Co. horn. It it's a Standard, it may have markings on the hanger.

George P.

stetam wrote:FYI - Ketchup left on for 5 minutes and then used a scotch-brite pad for 20 seconds. The acidity in the ketchup removed the tarnish and oxidation easily. Once a polish is done it should remove the light scratches and look quite nice.

That sounds like a good reason for not eating ketchup . Rather like Coca-Cola's ability to free stuck pistons in car engines, but drink the stuff? Never!