From 1981, on ivory micarta. It looks lie HJBreuen, though it might be HJBreuen, Karl writes:
” …was perusing the internet to try to ID the Artist on these lovely Westinghouse Micarta 1911 grips, any help would be greatly appreciated.”
Nice design, precise framing. The scrimshaw eagle has decent cross-hatching. Hoping to get more information about this artist who we haven’t run across before. Anyone familiar with HJBreuen and their work? Please add your comments below.
2021-02-09 Update:
I stumbled over skrimshaw today, very nice page indeed, and I think I found your latest mystery artist. As I seem to be too stupid to find the comment section on your website, you’re getting this via e-mail. I think the artist you’re looking for is (or rather was) called Henry Joseph Breuer, and studied at the San Francisco School of Fine Arts. It’s quite difficult to look for him online, because of a quite famous artist of the same name, possibly his Grandfather, who died in 1932. I only came across him when researching that artist. Anyway, some info can be found here: https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/118689739/henry-joseph-breuer . Note the “He leaves a lifetime of artwork behind.” at the bottom of the obituary. Evidently not the most commercially successful of fellows, but there you go.
Greetings from Freiburg in Germany,
Andreas B”
Thank you Andreas! This looks like an excellent lead. As far as not finding the comment section, it’s more than likely due to a loose nut behind the keyboard on this end…