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Bass ophicleide

Bass ophicleide

(French, about 1775–about 1840)
about 1820–25
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/TechniqueBrass
DimensionsLength 108 cm (42 1/2 in.)
Credit LineHarriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession number1981.137
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsStamped on bell rim: HALARI FACTEUR DE LA MAISON DU ROI BREVETE D'INVENTION ET DE PERFECTIONEMENT RUE MAZATINE A PARIS / [seal]
Provenance1981, sold by Harold Priest, Harvard, Massachusetts, to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 13, 1981)
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