Vintage Straight Mute Stone Lined HUMES & BERG 1940s Chicago Estate Find

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Vintage Straight Mute Stone Lined HUMES & BERG 1940s Chicago Estate Find
Description:
This auction is for a great vintage, if not antique mute for brass instrument ~ perfect for collectors and decorators!  This and other items we now have listed have been purchased at recent rural Kansas estate auctions. This listing:
1 straight mute
I will be listing lots of mutes that I picked up at antique auction
I know nothing about these, so please aske questions if I left out something that needs to be included
this mute is marked New Stone Lined Straight Mute
by Humes & Berg of Chicago
it stands approximately 11 1/4 inches tall and is right at 3 1/2 inches in diameter at widest point
I do NOT know what instrument it was designed for
has three corks applied to the pointed end ~ one has some chips to the cork
I am not sure what it is made of but it is NOT metal
has rivets up the edge to hold in place
someone has written SKID in red on the side
it is red and white in color
dusty due to years of storage
estate sale find
I am guessing that it dates to the 1940s or 50s
estate find
color shade is accurate on my monitor
straight from the auction
no odors noted
Please see photos! This might be just the vintage piece you have been looking for!
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Kansas residents pay sales tax.
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