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Shop sign in the shape of a harp

(19th century)
19th century
Object PlaceLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueWood
Dimensions46 x 33.5 x 2 cm (18 1/8 x 13 3/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1790
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsStencilled at top of pillar: F. GROSJEAN, / 11 / SOHO SQUARE / LONDON [NB: this is mostly illegible, but the reading is derived from a similar example belonging to Tony Bingham of London]
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)