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| Horn Makers & Retailers | |
| I have assembled a guide to the historical manufacturers & retailers of hunting horns as a reference for dating quality antique horns. Any additional information would be gratefully recieved. I hope that these pages will make a useful resource and I will add to them as often as I can. |
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 | Keith, Prowse & Co | |
| Keith, Prowse and Co operated from 48, Cheapside , London in the late 1890s |
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 | G.B.Butler | |
| George Butler started up in Dublin in 1826, then opened a London branch in 1858.Marked "Butler Haymarket London and Dublin".The Haymarket address puts it between 1865 and 1898.
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 | Boosey & Co | |
| In the 1850 Boosey & Co started making brass and wind instruments and merged with Hawkes & Son in 1930
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 | Henry Distin | |
| Boosey & Co bought out Henry Distin of 31 Cranbourne St , Leicester Square in 1868 so any Boosey horns bearing the Distin trademark would be later than that date |
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 | Boosey & Hawkes Ltd | |
| Boosey & Co merged with Hawkes & Son in 1930 so horns made after this date were stamped Boosey & Hawkes |
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 | Swaine & Co | |
| James Swaine started in business in 1798 and moved to 185 Piccadilly in 1835 .Swaine & Co dates horns to before 1845 when James took his nephew into the business and the company became Swaine & Adeney. |
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 | SWAINE & ADENEY | |
| SWAINE & ADENEY 185 PICCADILLY LONDON PROPRIETORS OF KOHLER & SON MADE IN ENGLAND. Horns made after 1851 usually bear the exhibition medals from that year. Swaine & Adeney merged with Brigg's in 1943. |
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 | Kohler & Sons | |
| Kohler & Sons 12 Gt Chapel Sreet. Westminster (From Covent Garden) London .The mouth piece is marked K & S. Kohler horns carried various addresses over the years which helps to date their horns quite accurately , click here for further information Kohler & Sons |
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 | Henry Keat & Sons | |
Henry Keat have made horns for all the leading saddlers including - Merry , Whippy , Wilkinson & Kidd , Cornish & Rogers as well as Army Navy Stores and Potters of London .
When Swaine & Adeney took over the business of Kohler & Sons in 1907 Keat & Sons made all their Hunting Horns till 1984. |
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