Clarinet in B-flat
Benjamin S. Clemens
(American, active 1823–1850)
1823–50
Object PlacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Medium/TechniqueBoxwood, ivory, brass
DimensionsLength 67.2 cm (26 7/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Lindsay D. Shea
Accession number1991.775
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
Collections
ProvenanceBefore the 1940s, apparently sold by an antique shop, Pennsylvania. By the 1940s, gift of source unidentified to the Sheas, Philadelphia; 1972, by descent to their daughter, Lindsay D. Shea, Brooklyn, New York; 1991, gift of Shea to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 18, 1991)
about 1800
