Brass Chromatic pitch pipe tuning key in original tin box hardwood stool Fantastically colourful hand painted piece

Fantastically colourful hand painted piece with quite some age we suspect but difficult to target an era

The brush is a nice size too measuring 14cm long

Made by the renowned silver smiths Ledsam and Vale

Here we have a Pair of Enamelled white metal Shields Marked Vaughtons Ltd Birmingham c1880

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Brass Chromatic pitch pipe tuning key in original tin box hardwood stool Fantastically colourful hand painted pieceBrass Chromatic pitch pipe tuning key in original tin box quite a rare find to have the blue tin case The box has damage to one hinge and showing signs of ware and loss of original paint down to use. The earliest pitch pipes were instruments rather like a recorder, but rather than finger holes, they had a plunger like a slide whistle's (also known as a swanee whistle). The pipe was generally made of wood with a square bore, and the plunger was leather