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Made from a single coil of brass, with cup-shaped brass mouthpiece. Patinated brass bell rim, and embossed and patinated oval cartouche, worked with a double-headed eagle against two crossed anchors, below a crown. Mouthpiece not original. Pitch of the instrument: C.

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  • Inscriptions:Stamp: "Regezer [illegible Peterburg" on the bell rim
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  • Repository:National Museums Liverpool
  • Measurements:Length 235mm, diameter of bell 82mm