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Cornet

(active before 1840–1850)
about 1840
Object PlaceLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueCopper, nickel silver
DimensionsLength 30.5 cm (12 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1989
On View
On view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsEngraved on bell: Made by / William Grayson, / 5 Cooper St. / Westminster
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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