Bought this horn today at an antique shop and I’m trying to find out when it was made, by whom and how/with what materials? I know that the metal parts are made of tin because these are sometimes called “tin horns”. There are no initials or any readable or otherwise discernable engravings on the horn or on the tin parts. A reverse image search lead me to an old auction that was concluded a while ago: https://www.tradera.com/item/341133/705890164/dryckeshorn-cornucopia-tenn-och-horn-norge

The term “Cornucopia” didn’t help either and mine is missing a cap whose underside probably would have provided me some information.

Anyway, the pattern and engravings on the tin parts are about the same, but the one from the auction is missing the hind leg that mine has. Two more pictures:

UPDATE: This item on Etsy is similar too. And they say it’s Norwegian from the 1950’s. https://www.etsy.com/listing/4414888836/norwegian-tinn-pewter-drinking-horn-with

  • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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    18 hours ago

    I’ve never heard “tinhorn” used to refer to an actual object - what an interesting twist language makes through different eras and groups.

    The only definition I’ve known is the “inexperienced gambler”:

    tinhorn gambler

    A cheap, small-stakes gambler who boasts and dresses ostentatiously to seem more successful or skilled than they really are. An allusion to the dice game “chuck-a-luck,” which features a chute, called a “horn,” from which the dice are dispensed. More high-class leather horns were often substituted with makeshift tin ones, and thus cheaper, lower-stakes gamblers were known for their tin horns.He always wears the same three-piece suit and slicks his hair back like he’s the Great Gatsby when he comes in to play, but everyone knows he’s just a tinhorn gambler who taps out after losing a couple hundred bucks.

    https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/tinhorn

    Not to say you’re using the term incorrectly, at all, just a neat observation about how language drifts.