Flageolet
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
circa 1830
Materials
Boxwood [buxus sempervirens], Bone, Metal
Measurements
390 mm (Length); 25 mm (Diameter); 35 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
England
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1335307
Summary
Flageolet (in D), anon, English, c.1830. Marked 'London Improved Patent'. Boxwood, three sections with bone mounts. First marked with horses head and 'London Improved Patent D', other marked 'London'. Large F sharp hole. Brass key for last hole.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
London Improved Patent