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Flute

Ivory flute with silver bandings chased with palmettes and other neo-classical motifs, with silver stops. All five sections are stamped: "A. KAUFFMAN, LONDON" beneath an animal's head (? a boar). The mouthpiece section is also stamped "No.176".
Size: Length: 66 cm.

Artist / Maker: A. Kauffman

Place: London

Object Type: flute

Period: George III

Broad Date: Regency

Actual Date: c. 1815

Century: 19th century

Materials: Ivory, Silver

Museum Accession Number: 1972.2.3/M.Instr.