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Flute

(Italian (active in England), about 1730–1795)
about 1780
Object PlaceLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueBoxwood, ivory, silver
DimensionsLength 66.9 cm (26 5/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of David and Nina Shorey
Accession number1989.295
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsStamped on headjoint and lower bodyjoint: FLORIO; stamped on upper bodyjoint: FLORIO / 6; stamped on footjoint: FLORIO / LONDON; hallmarked on underside of c' key: I H [John Hale]
Provenance1989, gift of David Shorey, Bowdoinham, Maine, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 27, 1989)
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