Brass Chromatic pitch pipe tuning key in original tin box hardwood stool with flowing stylised foliage outlined

with flowing stylised foliage outlined in manganese slip

Made by the renowned silver smiths Ledsam and Vale

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

No working guarantees

textured and painted

Brass Chromatic pitch pipe tuning key in original tin box hardwood stool with flowing stylised foliage outlinedBrass 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