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Trumpet

late 19th century
Object Place: Florence, Italy

Medium/Technique Glass
Dimensions Length 72 cm (28 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1978
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsMusical instrumentsAerophones

DescriptionMade of greenish-white glass. Cylindro-conoidal bore with flaring bell. The approximate tonality is B-flat.
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)