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Flute
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Flute

George Miller (English, active about 1765–after 1790)
about 1785
Object PlaceLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueBoxwood, ivory, silver
DimensionsLength 63.3 cm (24 15/16 in.)
Credit LineArthur Mason Knapp Fund
Accession number1981.405
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsStamped on all joints: [unicorn] / G. MILLER / LONDON / OProvenanceBy 1981, Homer R. Vine, Westminster, Massachusetts, who apparently found the flute in a barn, Bradford, New York; 1981, sold by Vine to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 18, 1981)
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mid-19th century
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about 1800
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about 1835
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1830
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about 1750
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about 1815–19
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about 1750–75
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about 1810
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mid-18th century
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