Skip to main content

Side-blown trumpet

19th century
Object PlaceDemocratic Republic of the Congo
Medium/TechniqueIvory
DimensionsLength 50 cm, width 8.5 cm (Length 19 11/16 in., width 3 3/8 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1960
On View
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)
Restricted: For reference only
probably 19th century
Cither viol
Perry & Wilkinson
1794
Hurdy-gurdy
Rémy Bassot
early 19th century
Guitar
Jean-Baptiste Champion
about 1790
Mandola
early 19th century
Restricted: For reference only
Leopoldo Franciolini
late 19th century
Restricted: For reference only
Leopoldo Franciolini
late 19th century
Lute (pastiche, after 17th-century Italian type)
Leopoldo Franciolini
late 19th century
Chitarrone (after 17th-century Italian type)
Leopoldo Franciolini
late 19th century
Alto recorder
early 18th century
Restricted: For reference only
early 19th century
Restricted: For reference only
Thibouville, père et fils
mid-19th century