421.121.12

Flute in D, boxwood, ivory mounts. Six silver keys (including foot-keys), flat, ornately square, mounted in turned blocks and ring. Fixed cork stopper under boxwood crown. Blotched stains near crown and embouchure-hole. Mount at foot split. Old internal crack in head-joint socket. Sounding length (embouchure to foot) is 59.9 cm. Stamped: J. Hale London (Trefoil mark and number 4).

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
14.5.47/170
Date
circa 1790
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall length: 681 mm; sounding length: 599 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
boxwood; silver; leather; vegetable fibre; ivory; cork
CATEGORY
Musical Instruments
LOCATION
Music Gallery > Side D - Listening to Order > Case D1 - The Carse Collection
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