It's not upsidedown, but then I wouldn't say that it's right side up either, when in use it isn't at rest on a table.
Rob
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What is it? CCV
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Yes, I was thinking that it was probably glued, soldered or otherwise affixed to a headstone. I guess that we'll never know for sure but I thought that I would ask here in case someone had seen something like it.
Rob
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As you probably already know, they do some pretty elaborate stuff with gravestone/monuments nowadays. If they haven't already, the person asking should check with some of the monument suppliers. Especially some of those that were close by to where this was found. A lot of the time they put a sticker on the monument that tells who the maker/supplier was. I suspect the cameo/picture had some special meaning to somebody buried there and was once attached to the monument (shrug).
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1136: lumber thickness gage?
1140: kerosene lamp for candling eggs? Three backlights around a light-baffled kerosene light source, and the giveaway is the padded seat in front of each illumination panel
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The answer for this object: it's an ear trumpet, or hearing trumpet, it's held up to the ear to amplify sound.
A wide variety of them can be seen half way down this page:
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