24th Nov, 2022 11:00

Fine Scientific & Medical Instruments and Books

 
  Lot 142
 

Conversation Tubes and Ear Trumpet

an all metal conversation tube, black painted, American, c.1900, brass earpiece and bell, plaque 'WESTERN INSTRUMENT CO PATENTED CHICAGO' 100cm; a conversation tube by Hawksley, c.1900, double sphere brass bell with plaque 'T HAWKSLEY LD 10 JAMES ST OXFORD ST LONDON W1', ebony earpiece, woven silk tube cover, 109cm; a single drawer telescopic ear trumpet, unsigned, in different coloured vulcanite, 25cm extended

Sold for £138

Result plus buyers premium


 

an all metal conversation tube, black painted, American, c.1900, brass earpiece and bell, plaque 'WESTERN INSTRUMENT CO PATENTED CHICAGO' 100cm; a conversation tube by Hawksley, c.1900, double sphere brass bell with plaque 'T HAWKSLEY LD 10 JAMES ST OXFORD ST LONDON W1', ebony earpiece, woven silk tube cover, 109cm; a single drawer telescopic ear trumpet, unsigned, in different coloured vulcanite, 25cm extended

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