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Concertina

(English, founded about 1863)
about 1865
Object PlaceLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueRosewood, leather, paper
DimensionsWidth 15.6 cm, thickness with bellows compressed 11.3 cm (Width 6 1/8 in., thickness with bellows compressed 4 7/16 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1945
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
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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