Skip to main content

Post horn

(Austrian, about 1770–1848)
about 1830
Object PlaceVienna, Austria
Medium/TechniqueBrass
DimensionsLength 33.8 cm (13 5/16 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1983
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsEngraved on plate on tubing: A [6-petal flower] K
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)
Horn
Anton Dehmal
about 1900
Restricted: For reference only
Thomas Prowse, Jr.
about 1840
Terz guitar
Johann Anton Stauffer
1832–33
Vessel rattle (onó'kah kastaweh'shae')
Andrew John, Jr.
19th century
Banjo
William Esperance Boucher, Jr.
about 1845–55
Cither viol
Perry & Wilkinson
1794
Harp (cláirseach)
John Kelly
1734