Foghorn
19th century
Object PlaceEngland
Medium/TechniqueSteel
DimensionsLength 44.8 cm, bell diameter 13.9 cm (Length 17 5/8 in., bell diameter 5 1/2 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1929
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
Collections
ProvenanceBefore 1900, made and used in the Shetland Islands, England; by 1916, acquired by Francis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by 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)
19th century
late 19th century
