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Tenor trombone

(French, active after 1880–after 1950)
about 1890
Object PlaceLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueBrass
DimensionsLength 55 cm (21 5/8 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.2010
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsStamped on bell rim: [in ribbon: 3...OF...] / [monogram: FB / F. BESSON / BREVETE / 198 EUSTON ROAD / LONDON / [5-point star]
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)