A Success! Fundraising Raffle and Auction Items for 2020 Annual Meeting

This year’s raffle and auction items have been generously donated by west coast guild members Journeyman Scott Morrison and Freeman Kevin Hart, and Ohio guild member Shelly Gier.

Raffle:

Journeyman Scott Morrison’s raffle Item is patterned from an original Tennessee bison screw tip in the Museum of the Fur Trade in Chadron NE.  The base plug is Armenian walnut and has a threaded horn finial.  Scott decided to use a pewter washer between the collar and tip instead of a bone washer on the original.  The strap was a custom order made by Kris Polizzi.

This was won by Journeyman Gary Elsenbeck.

 

 

 

Auction:

Our evening will conclude with a live auction for members in attendance.  This will give you an opportunity to bid on a beautifully carved and fully engraved horn by Kevin Hart, paired with a strap by Kris Polizzi and a shooting bag crafted by Shelly Gier to match.

This horn measures 14 inches long and 3 inches wide at the base with a turned walnut plug and turned horn stopper.  It is engrailed at the throat with a round to octagonal carving which includes both small and large wedding bands.  Engravings on this horn include “Honourable Company of Horner’s, 24^th Anniversary 1996-2020.”  Additional engraved items on this horn include F&I Fort Augusta, a small township, British Royal Seal, bird hunter shooting at birds, a smoking frog, Hellhorse, Frightened Moon and Star, geometric designs with cross, dove, humming bird, flowers and a butterfly.   HCH and makers cartouche are also present.

This item was won by Journeyman Don Fererro.