buy no | 388 |
style | london dome |
brand | Unknown |
based in | |
trademark | |
made | 1860 |
retailer | Unknown |
earpiece | Missing |
body | Silver plated |
horn | Silver plated |
horn dia | 44 mm |
length | 74 mm |
weight | 40 gm |
size |
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grille | Decorative |
marks | Rein and Son, Patented Sole Inventors and Makers, 108 Strand, London |
ring | No |
adjustable | No |
condition | earpiece missing, one dent |
acquired | 2016 |
seller type | Auction |
found in | Salisbury |
country | U K |
value |
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seller note | A Victorian electroplated ear trumpet, by Rein and Son, circa 1860, inscribed Rein and Son, Patented Sole Inventors and Makers, 108 Strand, London, the body and tube with engraved decoration, with a pierced grille cover, length 9cm. Provenance: purchased in these rooms, 29th January, 2003, lot 275. |
comment | This plated trumpet is exquisitely engraved with an almost niello looking finish. I do not have a Rein at this size and in this shape UPDATE - the photo was misleading it is a conventional engraving |
shape | dome |
boxed | no |
gwrok | yes |
bay | 2 |