M0013745: Ear trumpet, 19th century

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Ear trumpet, 19th century

Portable ear trumpet with telescopic tubes signed "F.C. Rein & Sons sole inventors and only makers; no 108, Strand, London". The item was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

October 1954

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Copyright held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.