Ninth-plate English daguerreotype, c.1850.

Very rare image of a young woman wearing an early type of hearing device resembling a headband such as seen with an "Aurolese Phone." She resides in a flip top case with an intact hinge and deep red velvet pillow. Extra image shows a hearing device example from the 19th century called the "Aurolese Phone,", meant to illustrate only and is not included with the lot.