Cigar-box violin
E. Clifford
(English, active 19th century)
late 19th century
Object PlaceBermondsey, England
Medium/TechniqueMahogany
DimensionsLength 57.1 cm, width 11.6 cm (Length 22 1/2 in., width 4 9/16 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1727
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
Collections
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)
about 1740
about 1860
1850–1900
1750–75
