Keyed bugle in E-flat
Elbridge G. Wright
(American, 1811–1871)
about 1854
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsLength 44.5 cm (17 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of The Seminarians and Friends in memory of Warren C. Moffett
Accession number1990.85
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsEngraved on bell: Presented to / Joseph J. Brenan / BY THE / Marietta Band / 1854 / MADE BY E.G. WRIGHT BOSTONProvenance1854, commissioned of the maker as a presentation instrument for Joseph J. Brennan (1829-1900) by the Marietta (Ohio) Band, according to an inscription on the bell. Before 1989, sold by source unidentified at a flea market, Mansfield, Ohio, to Ron Chojnacki, Medina, Ohio; by 1989, consigned by Chojnacki to Sotheby's London; November 22, 1989, sold by Sotheby's London, lot 99, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 22, 1990)
