Concert flute
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
circa 1870
Materials
Cocus, Metal, Silver, Cork
Measurements
25 mm (Diameter); 660 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Liverpool
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1335303
Summary
Concert flute, anonymous. probably English, c.1870. Marked with a crown and lyre. Cocus wood in five sections with white metal mounts. Eight German silver keys with pewter sinkers. Cork adjuster, with metal plate on the cork, marked ‘…ORTON, 10 CHURCH STREET, LIVERPOOL'.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.