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Double flageolet

(English, active 1803–1834)
about 1815
Object PlaceLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueBoxwood, ivory, silver
DimensionsLength 40 cm (15 3/4 in.)
Credit LineEdwin M. Ripin Collection—Museum purchase with funds donated by Robert B. Straus
Accession number1977.70
On View
On view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsStamped: [crown] / BAINBRIDGE / HOLBORN / HILL / LONDON / PATENT
ProvenanceDecember 10, 1973, Christie's, London, lot 4, to Edwin M. Ripin (1930-1975), Forest Hills, New York; 1977, sold by the estate of Edwin M. Ripin to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 9, 1977)
mid-19th century
about 1750
about 1815–19
about 1750–75
about 1810
mid-18th century
about 1785
1769
1750–1800