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Piccolo

about 1925
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/TechniqueRosewood, ivory, nickel silver
DimensionsLength 29.9 cm (11 3/4 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number1984.304
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsStamped on barrel: LOW PITCH / MADE IN FRANCE; stamped on bodyjoint: [maker's mark] / JEAN MARTI[N] / PARIS / [maker's monogram]; incised on inside of headcap: g (or 9 ?)
Provenance1984, sold by Douglas Deihl, Northampton, Massachusetts, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1984)
late 19th century
1874–76
about 1870
late 19th century
about 1897–98
early 19th century
mid-19th century