Flute
Caleb Gedney
(English, active 1754–1769)
1769
Object PlaceLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueBoxwood, ivory, silver
DimensionsLength 67.9 cm (26 3/4 in.)
Credit LineOtis Norcross Fund
Accession number1983.330
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsStamped on footjoint: CALEB / GEDNEY / 1769; stamped on headjoint and lower bodyjoint: CALEB / GEDNEY; alternate upper bodyjoints stamped: 3 / [sharp]; 4 / [X: natural]; 5 / [b: flat]; stamped on underside of keys: I H [John Hale]ProvenanceBefore 1983, sold by Max Champion, England, to Harry Moscowitz, New York; by 1983, sold by Moscowitz to David Shorey, Bowdoinham, Maine; 1983, sold by Shorey to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 14, 1983)
