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Post horn
1850–1900
Object Place: Germany
Medium/Technique
Brass, nickel silver
Dimensions
Length 38.5 cm (15 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1984
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionAlto in E-flat. Circular-wound trumpet with a cornet type mouthpiece. Two piston valves, 'Berliner Pumpen' type (short; large diameter). Brass, with German silver trimmings. Cylindro-conoidal bore. Large cornet type mouthpiece. Engraved on the bell rim band are the Prussian eagle and conventional floral patterns.
InscriptionsEngraved on garland: Ehren - Posthorn / für den Postillon / Heinrich Bredemeier
ProvenanceAbout 1850, made for Heinrich Bredemeier, postman of Prussia; by 1916, acquired by Francis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by 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)