C. Mid 1800s Glocke un Hammer (Bell and Hammer) Game, Complete (n/a betting tokens) folk art skunk I believe the owner was

I believe the owner was in the military

Plus American flags topping the masts

If no longer for handkerchiefs

I find these quite beautiful

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

C. Mid 1800s Glocke un Hammer (Bell and Hammer) Game, Complete (n/a betting tokens) folk art skunk I believe the owner wasI scooped this up for the lovely box alone, but having learned some about the game of Bell and Hammer since, I'm pleased to report the contents are complete (excepting game chips counters, which could be pennies or poker chips or I happen to have a box of bone tokens available in the shop here.) Bell and Hammer (also known as Whitehorse, and Glocke und Hammer or Schimmel in German) is a dice throwing game that was quite popular in Europe in the 19th