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Serpent

Serpent, of leather-covered wood, with brass struts, brass crook socket and crook, brass bell garland, 7 brass keys, ivory mouthpiece, fingerholes ivory bushed.

  • Date:
    pre 1815
  • Maker:
    Thomas Key
  • Collection:
    Bate Collection, Oxford
  • Inventory number:
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  • Place of production:
    UK, England, London
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  • Materials:Wood;Plant;Leather;Skin;Animal;Brass;Metal;Ivory;Tooth
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  • Inscriptions:KEY 20 CHARING CROSS LONDON [on crook socket] RICHARD BENTINCK DRUMMER 23rd REGIMENT OF FOOT R.W.F. WELLINGTON-WATERLOO JUNE 18th 1815 [on bell mount]
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  • Repository:Bate Collection, Oxford
  • Measurements:Max L = 730 mm Max W = 430 mm