Dinner Horn

Object detail

Description

A large, hollowed out horn. The curve is pronounced. There is a metal mouth piece. Horn used for announcing dinners, it was used on the Roseberry estate.

Production date

1880s

Production period

Victorian

Collection type

Museum

Collection

George Meek Collection
Pioneer Gallery Collection

Media/materials

Metal, horn

Measurements

H 220mm x W 490mm x D 85mm (Measured as in first photo)
Open end diameter: 82mm
Mouth piece height 53mm
Mouth piece diameter: 49mm

Accession number

78/0097

System ID

2012

Current Rights

Culture Waitaki Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence

Organisation Credit Line

Collection of the Waitaki Museum. Id 2012

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Classifications

Horn, Dinner Horn Device, Sound Signaling Sound Communication Devices Sound Communication Tools and Equipment Tools and Equipment for Communication

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