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Flute

(American, 1815–1892)
1880s
Object PlaceNew York City, New York, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsLength 75.4 cm (29 11/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds by exchange from the Bequest of Maury A. Bromsen
Accession number2006.1356
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsStamped: A. G. Badger / New York; engraved on body: W. Howard Peters.
ProvenanceNovember 1990, sold by Rayburn Musical Instrument Co., Boston, Massachusetts, to Peter H. Bloom, Somerville, Massachusetts; 2006, sold by Bloom to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 20, 2006)
Flute
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Alfred Goodrich Badger
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