Beautifully Constructed Antique Tin Ear Trumpet mid-century carving Ingrid Fiksdahl-King

Ingrid Fiksdahl-King

But most of all what an incredible looking thing

I love the look of this thing so much

I always fall in love with them each time--just perfect design

conversational and varied style of presentation” geared toward making “this study pleasant and effective

Beautifully Constructed Antique Tin Ear Trumpet mid-century carving Ingrid Fiksdahl-KingI 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