Explore

Showing results

Hide images

→ →

Transverse Flute;Flute d'Amour

Flute d'amour of ivory, with four joints, with one silver key.

  • Date:
    mid-18th century
  • Maker:
    Georg Heinrich Scherer
  • Collection:
    Bate Collection, Oxford
  • Inventory number:
    Loading...
  • Place of production:
    Germany, Hessen, Butzbach
  • Culture:
  • Period:
  • Materials:Ivory;Tooth;Animal;Silver;Metal
  • Specific materials/techniques:
  • Decorative elements:
  • Inscriptions:SCHERER [fleur de lys] [on all joints]
  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:
  • Repository:Bate Collection, Oxford
  • Measurements:Max L = 770 mm Max Diam [head] = 27 mm