We are offering a 19th-century walking-stick ear trumpet. It is a provincial piece that was probably done by a tinsmith in state of Pennsylvania. That being said, the quality of the metal work is excellent and compares well with that done in factories. The earpiece is bone. It is in vg overall condition but, as the bottom images reveals, it has lost its ferrule. It can be replaced but probably best left as found. We have seen and sold a number of
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