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Orchestral horn

Orchestral horn

(French, active 1816–1859)
1819–26
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/TechniqueBrass
DimensionsOverall: 386 mm (15 3/16 in.)
Credit LineEdwin E. Jack Fund and Harriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession number2014.1986
On View
On view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsStamped on bell: JAHN RUE MANDAR A PARIS
ProvenanceBy 1961, acquired in France by Rita Ford Music Box Company, New York; 1961, sold by Ford Music Box Company to Robert E. Sheldon, Moultonborough, MA; 2014, sold by Robert E. Sheldon to the MFA. (Accession Date: 12/10/2014)
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