Beautifully Constructed Antique Tin Ear Trumpet wooden trivet There are a few different

There are a few different companies that made lovely table croquet sets in the early 20th century very similar to this one

Wear and some darkening/rusting to the surface of the steel as evident

which I think lends it added resonance

and found with a handful of old ink pen nibs inside

Beautifully Constructed Antique Tin Ear Trumpet wooden trivet There are a few differentI didn't know quite what this was when I found it, but definitely thought it was a beautifully constructed thing, with wonderful horn like form. A bit of research (including finding a website dedicated to one person's deeply researched collection of several hundred far ranging ear trumpets) makes me confident that it is indeed an ear trumpet, tin smith made, mid to late 19th century, which would have been used as a (rather cumbersome but wonderfully