Trompe de chasse
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
1880 - 1890
Materials
Brass
Measurements
500 mm (Length); 270 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
France
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1335337
Summary
Trompe de Chasse, hunting horn, by Gautrot, 1880-90. Triple coiled with mouthpiece. Marked 'G A Gautrot Brevette, a Paris, c.1880'. In notebook no.4, page 4 (1340945.4) Charles Wade refers to: 'Music Room 24. French Horn by Gautrot Brevete a Paris.' 'Bought September 1935, Southwold' (M. Jessup).
Provenance
bought September 1935, Southwold £2 Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 4 First and Second Floor, 1944, page 4