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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)