Post horn

1850–1900

Object PlaceGermany

Medium/TechniqueBrass, nickel silver

DimensionsLength 38.5 cm (15 3/16 in.)

Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection

Accession number17.1984

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ClassificationsMusical instruments

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InscriptionsEngraved on garland: Ehren - Posthorn / für den Postillon / Heinrich BredemeierProvenanceAbout 1850, made for Heinrich Bredemeier, postman of Prussia; 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)