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Mouthpiece for serpent.

Technical description: Ivory with internal and external brass sleeves on shank forming backbore and taper; medium rim contour; maximum bite curvature 2.25; hemispherical cup shape; sharp-edged throat.Cup volume 7413; shape quotient 1.332.

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    Early 19thcentury
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    University of Edinburgh
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  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:length 92.2; external diameter 38.6.