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Flageolet

Flageolet of boxwood with ivory mounts, ivory beak, three brass keys, four fingerholes and thumbhole.

  • Date:
    c.1750
  • Maker:
    John Mason
  • Collection:
    Bate Collection, Oxford
  • Inventory number:
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  • Place of production:
    UK, England, London
  • Culture:
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  • Materials:Boxwood;Plant;Ivory;Tooth;Animal;Brass;Metal
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  • Inscriptions:[mermaid] J MASON LONDON [two lions] [below beak] [lion] J MASON LONDON [two lions] [on head] J MASON LONDON [on body] scratched several times into the wood: A R
  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:
  • Repository:Bate Collection, Oxford
  • Measurements:Max L = 510 mm Max Diam = 30 mm