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Valentine Metzler (English, died in 1833)

about 1800

Object PlaceLondon, England

Medium/TechniqueBoxwood, brass

DimensionsLength 38 cm (14 15/16 in.)

Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection

Accession number17.1860

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ClassificationsMusical instruments

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InscriptionsStamped on body: [in scroll: V. METZLER LO[N]DO[N]] / CProvenanceFrancis 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)