Key bugle
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
circa 1840
Materials
Brass, Copper
Measurements
470 mm (Length); 160 mm (Diameter)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1335332
Summary
Keyed bugle, anon., English c.1840. Marked 'Sold at Woodwards, Birmingham'. Copper with six brass keys, one missing. Small crook before mouthpiece. In notebook no.4, page 5 (1340945.4) Charles Wade refers to: 'Music Room 35. Keyed Bugle Military 19th Cent.' 'Bought from A W Rowlett, St Neots, Hunts. 2 November 1931 Keyed Bugle £1.10s.' (M. Jessup).
Provenance
bought from A W Rowlett, St Neots, Hunts. 2 November 1931, Keyed Bugle £1.10s Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
Sold at Woodwards, Birmingham
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 4 First and Second Floor, 1944, page 5