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Flute
Flute

Flute

Graves & Co. (American, active 1824–1869)
about 1840
Object PlaceWinchester, New Hampshire, United States
Medium/TechniqueCocuswood, ivory, nickel silver
DimensionsLength: 60.5 cm (23 13/16 in.)

Credit LineGift of Robert E. and Ellen I. Eliason
Accession number2012.261
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
Inscriptions[eagle] / GRAVES & Co / WINDCHESTER / N.H. [lyre]Provenance1988, sold by Alfred Wood, Westerly, Rhode Island, to Robert E. Eliason, Hanover, New Hampshire; 2012, gift of Eliason to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 30, 2012)
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