Trumpet in E-flat

Henry Keat & Sons (English, active 1865–1950)

about 1850

Object PlaceLondon, England

Medium/TechniqueSilver-plated brass

DimensionsLength: 61 cm (24 in.)
Bell diameter: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.)

Credit LineGift of Robert Hazen

Accession number2012.943

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsMusical instruments

Collections

ProvenanceUntil 1979, Eric Halfpenny (b. 1906 – d. 1979), The Society of Gentlemen Trumpeters, London; 1979, by descent to his wife, May Halfpenny, London; by descent to her son, Peter Halfpenny, London; November 10, 2004, Halfpenny collection and others sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 238, to Robert M. Hazen, Bethesda, MD; 2012, gift of Robert M. Hazen to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 28, 2012)