Concert flute
Potter and Co.
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
circa 1815
Materials
Boxwood [buxus sempervirens], Ivory, Silver, Pewter, Cork
Measurements
665 mm (Length); 30 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1335300
Summary
Concert flute by Potter & Co. c.1815. Marked by dealer 'CLEMENTI & Co. LONDON' on all five sections. Boxwood with ivory mounts. Six round silver keys with sinkers of pewter. Head lined with metal. Cork adjuster. In notebook no.4, page 10 (1340945.4) Charles Wade refers to: 'Music Room 104. Flute by Clementi.'
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
Clementi and Co/London
Makers and roles
Potter and Co. Clementi and Co, dealer
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 4 First and Second Floor, 1944, page 10