Beautifully Constructed Antique Tin Ear Trumpet wooden trivet which I think lends it

which I think lends it added resonance

my guess might be that these were done as first hand sketches out west

I love the red and yellow cat with yarn at one corner and spool of thread at the other

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

And then three links on either side

Beautifully Constructed Antique Tin Ear Trumpet wooden trivet which I think lends itI 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