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Keyed bugle in B-flat

(English, 1805–1878)
1835–36
Object PlaceLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueSilver, silver gilt
DimensionsLength 43.2 cm (17 in.)
Credit LineTheodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour
Accession number1986.23
On View
On view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsEngraved on bell garland: MCFARLANE'S IMPROVED MANUFACTURED BY I. KOHLER LONDON [arms of Chamberlayne impaling arms of Onslow]; engraved on bell: MORS POTIOR MACULA; stamped hallmarks: I. K. / [lion passant] / leopard's head] / u / head of William IV
Provenance185/6, probably commissioned of the maker to commemorate the appointment of Thomas Chamberlayne, Esq. of Cranbury Park to the office of High Sheriffin Hampshire. By 1986, acquired of source unidentified by Tony Bingham, London, England; 1986, sold by Bingham to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 1986)
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