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Bagpipe chanter

18th century
Object PlaceIreland
Medium/TechniqueIvory, silver
DimensionsLength 45.5 cm (17 15/16 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1915
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsEngraved on band above bell: J. C. / [London silversmith's mark of 1881-1882]
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)
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