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Soprano ocarina (in the shape of a fish)
1912
Object Place: Staffordshire, England
Medium/Technique
Earthenware
Dimensions
Length 17.5 cm, width 6.3 cm, thickness 4.4 cm (Length 6 7/8 in., width 2 1/2 in., thickness 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1837
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionSopranino in E-flat. The lowest tone is e''-flat. In the shape of a fish; of pottery, gilded. Eight holes in front, one thumb-hole in the rear.
InscriptionsStamped: [registration mark of Staffordshire]
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)